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Title "BN_NUM_BYTES 3"
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Title "BN_NUM_BYTES 3"
BN_NUM_BYTES 3 "2023-08-01" "3.0.10" "OpenSSL"
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"NAME"
BN_num_bits, BN_num_bytes, BN_num_bits_word - get BIGNUM size
"SYNOPSIS"
Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1
#include <openssl/bn.h>
\&
int BN_num_bytes(const BIGNUM *a);
\&
int BN_num_bits(const BIGNUM *a);
\&
int BN_num_bits_word(BN_ULONG w);
.Ve
"DESCRIPTION"
Header "DESCRIPTION" \fBBN_num_bytes() returns the size of a \s-1BIGNUM\s0 in bytes.
\fBBN_num_bits_word() returns the number of significant bits in a word. If we take 0x00000432 as an example, it returns 11, not 16, not 32. Basically, except for a zero, it returns floor(log2(w))+1.
\fBBN_num_bits() returns the number of significant bits in a \s-1BIGNUM\s0, following the same principle as BN_num_bits_word().
\fBBN_num_bytes() is a macro.
"RETURN VALUES"
Header "RETURN VALUES" The size.
"NOTES"
Header "NOTES" Some have tried using BN_num_bits() on individual numbers in \s-1RSA\s0 keys,
\s-1DH\s0 keys and \s-1DSA\s0 keys, and found that they don't always come up with
the number of bits they expected (something like 512, 1024, 2048,
...). This is because generating a number with some specific number
of bits doesn't always set the highest bits, thereby making the number
of significant bits a little lower. If you want to know the \*(L"key
size\*(R" of such a key, either use functions like RSA_size(), DH_size()
and DSA_size(), or use BN_num_bytes() and multiply with 8 (although
there's no real guarantee that will match the \*(L"key size\*(R", just a lot
more probability).
"SEE ALSO"
Header "SEE ALSO" \fBDH_size\|(3), DSA_size\|(3),
\fBRSA_size\|(3)
"COPYRIGHT"
Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.