3 Copyright (C) 2013 Niels Möller
5 This file is part of GNU Nettle.
7 GNU Nettle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
8 modify it under the terms of either:
10 * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
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16 * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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20 or both in parallel, as here.
22 GNU Nettle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
23 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
24 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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40 /* Convert hash value to an integer. The general description of DSA in
41 FIPS186-3 allows both larger and smaller q; in the the latter case,
42 the hash must be truncated to the right number of bits. */
44 _dsa_hash (mpz_t h, unsigned bit_size,
45 size_t length, const uint8_t *digest)
48 if (length > (bit_size + 7) / 8)
49 length = (bit_size + 7) / 8;
51 nettle_mpz_set_str_256_u(h, length, digest);
53 if (8 * length > bit_size)
54 /* We got a few extra bits, at the low end. Discard them. */
55 mpz_tdiv_q_2exp (h, h, 8*length - bit_size);