[gnutls-dev] bug in _gnutls_pkcs1_rsa_encrypt

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Aug 19 11:27:58 CEST 2004


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:29:28 +0200, Matthias Urlichs said:

>> k += 3+(k/128); /* better get some more, plus safety margin */

> That should be adequate; a quick run-through with B() in OpenOffice says
> that it is the 99.5% solution.

Okay.

> Anyway, your code is still broken (think about it... in fact it's even
> worse: if this version hits a zero byte in pp you effectively stop doing
> *anything* in the current iteration!):

Aiiih.

Thanks,

  Werner




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