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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/ecc.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/ecc.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/ecc.h b/crypto/ecc.h index e13fe8800ee8..e4fd4492c765 100644 --- a/crypto/ecc.h +++ b/crypto/ecc.h @@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ int ecc_is_key_valid(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, const u64 *private_key, unsigned int private_key_len); /** + * ecc_gen_privkey() - Generates an ECC private key. + * The private key is a random integer in the range 0 < random < n, where n is a + * prime that is the order of the cyclic subgroup generated by the distinguished + * point G. + * @curve_id: id representing the curve to use + * @ndigits: curve number of digits + * @private_key: buffer for storing the generated private key + * + * Returns 0 if the private key was generated successfully, a negative value + * if an error occurred. + */ +int ecc_gen_privkey(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, u64 *privkey); + +/** * ecc_make_pub_key() - Compute an ECC public key * * @curve_id: id representing the curve to use |