.Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2015 $
.Dt BN_ADD 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm BN_add ,
.Nm BN_sub ,
.Nm BN_mul ,
.Nm BN_sqr ,
.Nm BN_div ,
.Nm BN_mod ,
.Nm BN_nnmod ,
.Nm BN_mod_add ,
.Nm BN_mod_sub ,
.Nm BN_mod_mul ,
.Nm BN_mod_sqr ,
.Nm BN_exp ,
.Nm BN_mod_exp ,
.Nm BN_gcd
.Nd arithmetic operations on BIGNUMs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/bn.h
.Ft int
.Fo BN_add
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *b"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_sub
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *b"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mul
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_sqr
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_div
.Fa "BIGNUM *dv"
.Fa "BIGNUM *rem"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *d"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mod
.Fa "BIGNUM *rem"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_nnmod
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mod_add
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mod_sub
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mod_mul
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mod_sqr
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_exp
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BIGNUM *p"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_mod_exp
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *p"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *m"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo BN_gcd
.Fa "BIGNUM *r"
.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn BN_add
adds
.Fa a
and
.Fa b
and places the result in
.Fa r
.Pq Li r=a+b .
.Fa r
may be the same
.Vt BIGNUM
as
.Fa a
or
.Fa b .
.Pp
.Fn BN_sub
subtracts
.Fa b
from
.Fa a
and places the result in
.Fa r
.Pq Li r=a-b .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mul
multiplies
.Fa a
and
.Fa b
and places the result in
.Fa r
.Pq Li r=a*b .
.Fa r
may be the same
.Vt BIGNUM
as
.Fa a
or
.Fa b .
For multiplication by powers of 2, use
.Xr BN_lshift 3 .
.Pp
.Fn BN_sqr
takes the square of
.Fa a
and places the result in
.Fa r
.Pq Li r=a^2 .
.Fa r
and
.Fa a
may be the same
.Vt BIGNUM .
This function is faster than
.Fn BN_mul r a a .
.Pp
.Fn BN_div
divides
.Fa a
by
.Fa d
and places the result in
.Fa dv
and the remainder in
.Fa rem
.Pq Li dv=a/d , rem=a%d .
Either of
.Fa dv
and
.Fa rem
may be
.Dv NULL ,
in which case the respective value is not returned.
The result is rounded towards zero; thus if
.Fa a
is negative, the remainder will be zero or negative.
For division by powers of 2, use
.Fn BN_rshift 3 .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mod
corresponds to
.Fn BN_div
with
.Fa dv
set to
.Dv NULL .
.Pp
.Fn BN_nnmod
reduces
.Fa a
modulo
.Fa m
and places the non-negative remainder in
.Fa r .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mod_add
adds
.Fa a
to
.Fa b
modulo
.Fa m
and places the non-negative result in
.Fa r .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mod_sub
subtracts
.Fa b
from
.Fa a
modulo
.Fa m
and places the non-negative result in
.Fa r .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mod_mul
multiplies
.Fa a
by
.Fa b
and finds the non-negative remainder respective to modulus
.Fa m
.Pq Li r=(a*b)%m .
.Fa r
may be the same
.Vt BIGNUM
as
.Fa a
or
.Fa b .
For more efficient algorithms for repeated computations using the same
modulus, see
.Xr BN_mod_mul_montgomery 3
and
.Xr BN_mod_mul_reciprocal 3 .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mod_sqr
takes the square of
.Fa a
modulo
.Fa m
and places the result in
.Fa r .
.Pp
.Fn BN_exp
raises
.Fa a
to the
.Fa p Ns -th
power and places the result in
.Fa r
.Pq Li r=a^p .
This function is faster than repeated applications of
.Fn BN_mul .
.Pp
.Fn BN_mod_exp
computes
.Fa a
to the
.Fa p Ns -th
power modulo
.Fa m
.Pq Li r=(a^p)%m .
This function uses less time and space than
.Fn BN_exp .
.Pp
.Fn BN_gcd
computes the greatest common divisor of
.Fa a
and
.Fa b
and places the result in
.Fa r .
.Fa r
may be the same
.Vt BIGNUM
as
.Fa a
or
.Fa b .
.Pp
For all functions,
.Fa ctx
is a previously allocated
.Vt BN_CTX
used for temporary variables; see
.Xr BN_CTX_new 3 .
.Pp
Unless noted otherwise, the result
.Vt BIGNUM
must be different from the arguments.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
For all functions, 1 is returned for success, 0 on error.
The return value should always be checked, for example:
.Pp
.Dl if (!BN_add(r,a,b)) goto err;
.Pp
The error codes can be obtained by
.Xr ERR_get_error 3 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bn 3 ,
.Xr BN_add_word 3 ,
.Xr BN_CTX_new 3 ,
.Xr BN_set_bit 3 ,
.Xr ERR_get_error 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn BN_add ,
.Fn BN_sub ,
.Fn BN_sqr ,
.Fn BN_div ,
.Fn BN_mod ,
.Fn BN_mod_mul ,
.Fn BN_mod_exp ,
and
.Fn BN_gcd
are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
The
.Fa ctx
argument to
.Fn BN_mul
was added in SSLeay 0.9.1b.
.Fn BN_exp
appeared in SSLeay 0.9.0.
.Fn BN_nnmod ,
.Fn BN_mod_add ,
.Fn BN_mod_sub ,
and
.Fn BN_mod_sqr
were added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.