int BN_gcd(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *ctx);
DESCRIPTION
BN_add() adds a and b and places the result in r (r=a+b). r may be the same BIGNUM as a
or b.
BN_sub() subtracts b from
a and places the result in
r (r=a-b).
BN_mul() multiplies a and
b and places the result in
r (r=a*b). r may be the same BIGNUM as a
or b. For multiplication by powers
of 2, use BN_lshift(3).
BN_sqr() takes the square of a and
places the result in r (r=a^2). r and a
may be the same BIGNUM. This
function is faster than BN_mul(r,a,a).
BN_div() divides a by d and places the result in dv and the remainder in rem (dv=a/d,
rem=a%d). Either of dv and rem may be NULL, in which case the respective value is
not returned. The result is rounded towards zero; thus if a is negative, the remainder will be zero or
negative. For division by powers of 2, use BN_rshift(3).
BN_mod() corresponds to BN_div() with dv set to NULL.
BN_nnmod() reduces a modulo
m and places the non-negative
remainder in r.
BN_mod_add() adds a to b modulo m and places the non-negative result in
r.
BN_mod_sub() subtracts b from
a modulo m and places the non-negative result in
r.
BN_mod_mul() multiplies a by
b and finds the non-negative
remainder respective to modulus m
(r=(a*b) mod m). r may be the same BIGNUM as a
or b. For more efficient
algorithms for repeated computations using the same modulus, see
BN_mod_mul_montgomery(3)
and BN_mod_mul_reciprocal(3).
BN_mod_sqr() takes the square of a
modulo m and places the result in
r.
BN_exp() raises a to the p-th power and places the result in
r (r=a^p). This function is faster
than repeated applications of BN_mul().
BN_mod_exp() computes a to the
p-th power modulo m (r=a^p %
m). This function uses less time and space than
BN_exp().
BN_gcd() computes the greatest common divisor of a and b
and places the result in r.
r may be the same BIGNUM as a
or b.
For all functions, ctx is a
previously allocated BN_CTX used for
temporary variables; see BN_CTX_new(3).
Unless noted otherwise, the result BIGNUM must be different from the arguments.
RETURN VALUES
For all functions, 1 is returned for success, 0 on error. The return
value should always be checked (e.g., if (!BN_add(r,a,b)) goto err;). The
error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
BN_add(), BN_sub(), BN_sqr(), BN_div(), BN_mod(), BN_mod_mul(),
BN_mod_exp() and BN_gcd() are available in all versions of SSLeay and
OpenSSL. The ctx argument to
BN_mul() was added in SSLeay 0.9.1b. BN_exp() appeared in SSLeay
0.9.0. BN_nnmod(), BN_mod_add(), BN_mod_sub(), and BN_mod_sqr() were
added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.