This library provides a way to easily handle arbitrary large integers.

This library provides the following operations :

  • addition, substraction, multiplication, division and modulo
  • bits operators (AND, OR, XOR, left and right shifts)
  • boolean operators
  • modular exponentiation (using montgomery algorithm)
  • modular inverse

Example

In this example, we use a 1024 bits long RSA key to encrypt and decrypt a message. We first encrypt the value 0x41 (65 in decimal) and then decrypt it. At the end, m should be equal to 0x41. The encryption is fast (0, 4 second) while the decryption is really slow. This code will take between 30 seconds and 2 minutes to execute depending on the compiler and optimization flags.

main.cpp

#include "mbed.h"
#include "BigInt.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

uint8_t modbits[] = {
0xd9, 0x4d, 0x88, 0x9e, 0x88, 0x85, 0x3d, 0xd8, 0x97, 0x69, 0xa1, 0x80, 0x15, 0xa0, 0xa2, 0xe6,
0xbf, 0x82, 0xbf, 0x35, 0x6f, 0xe1, 0x4f, 0x25, 0x1f, 0xb4, 0xf5, 0xe2, 0xdf, 0x0d, 0x9f, 0x9a,
0x94, 0xa6, 0x8a, 0x30, 0xc4, 0x28, 0xb3, 0x9e, 0x33, 0x62, 0xfb, 0x37, 0x79, 0xa4, 0x97, 0xec,
0xea, 0xea, 0x37, 0x10, 0x0f, 0x26, 0x4d, 0x7f, 0xb9, 0xfb, 0x1a, 0x97, 0xfb, 0xf6, 0x21, 0x13,
0x3d, 0xe5, 0x5f, 0xdc, 0xb9, 0xb1, 0xad, 0x0d, 0x7a, 0x31, 0xb3, 0x79, 0x21, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x25,
0x2f, 0x5c, 0x52, 0x7b, 0x9b, 0xc6, 0x3d, 0x83, 0xd4, 0xec, 0xf4, 0xd1, 0xd4, 0x5c, 0xbf, 0x84,
0x3e, 0x84, 0x74, 0xba, 0xbc, 0x65, 0x5e, 0x9b, 0xb6, 0x79, 0x9c, 0xba, 0x77, 0xa4, 0x7e, 0xaf,
0xa8, 0x38, 0x29, 0x64, 0x74, 0xaf, 0xc2, 0x4b, 0xeb, 0x9c, 0x82, 0x5b, 0x73, 0xeb, 0xf5, 0x49
};

uint8_t dbits[] = {
0x04, 0x7b, 0x9c, 0xfd, 0xe8, 0x43, 0x17, 0x6b, 0x88, 0x74, 0x1d, 0x68, 0xcf, 0x09, 0x69, 0x52,
0xe9, 0x50, 0x81, 0x31, 0x51, 0x05, 0x8c, 0xe4, 0x6f, 0x2b, 0x04, 0x87, 0x91, 0xa2, 0x6e, 0x50,
0x7a, 0x10, 0x95, 0x79, 0x3c, 0x12, 0xba, 0xe1, 0xe0, 0x9d, 0x82, 0x21, 0x3a, 0xd9, 0x32, 0x69,
0x28, 0xcf, 0x7c, 0x23, 0x50, 0xac, 0xb1, 0x9c, 0x98, 0xf1, 0x9d, 0x32, 0xd5, 0x77, 0xd6, 0x66,
0xcd, 0x7b, 0xb8, 0xb2, 0xb5, 0xba, 0x62, 0x9d, 0x25, 0xcc, 0xf7, 0x2a, 0x5c, 0xeb, 0x8a, 0x8d,
0xa0, 0x38, 0x90, 0x6c, 0x84, 0xdc, 0xdb, 0x1f, 0xe6, 0x77, 0xdf, 0xfb, 0x2c, 0x02, 0x9f, 0xd8,
0x92, 0x63, 0x18, 0xee, 0xde, 0x1b, 0x58, 0x27, 0x2a, 0xf2, 0x2b, 0xda, 0x5c, 0x52, 0x32, 0xbe,
0x06, 0x68, 0x39, 0x39, 0x8e, 0x42, 0xf5, 0x35, 0x2d, 0xf5, 0x88, 0x48, 0xad, 0xad, 0x11, 0xa1
};

int main() 
{
    BigInt e = 65537, mod, d;
    mod.importData(modbits, sizeof(modbits));
    d.importData(dbits, sizeof(dbits));

    BigInt c = modPow(0x41,e,mod);
    c.print();
    BigInt m = modPow(c,d,mod);
    m.print();
    printf("done\n");
    
    return 0;
}

Revision:
9:3c191fa04f6e
Parent:
8:2a361f1b41da
Child:
10:116e201f7d89
--- a/BigInt.cpp	Fri Oct 04 15:16:06 2013 +0000
+++ b/BigInt.cpp	Sat Oct 05 15:26:03 2013 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <climits>
-
+#include <cassert>
 
 static uint32_t max(const uint32_t a, const uint32_t b)
 {
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@
 BigInt::~BigInt()
 {
     if(bits)
+    {
+        printf("deleting %d bytes\n", size);
         delete[] bits;
+    }
     bits = 0;
 }
 
@@ -81,8 +84,10 @@
 
 BigInt operator+(const BigInt &a, const BigInt& b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;
-    
+        
     result.size = a.size > b.size ? a.size : b.size;
     size_t l = result.size/4;
     if(result.size % 4 != 0)
@@ -141,6 +146,8 @@
 // No negative number allowed
 BigInt operator-(const BigInt &a, const BigInt& b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;
 
     if(b >= a)
@@ -185,15 +192,7 @@
             }
         }
         
-        // trim result
-        uint8_t *tmp = (uint8_t*)result.bits;
-        uint32_t newSize = result.size;
-        while(tmp[newSize-1] == 0 && newSize > 0)
-            newSize--;
-        result.size = newSize;
-        uint32_t tmpL = num(result.size);
-        if(tmpL < l)
-            result.bits = (uint32_t*)realloc(result.bits, sizeof(uint32_t)*tmpL); 
+        result.trim();
         
         return result;
     }
@@ -218,6 +217,8 @@
 
 BigInt operator*(const BigInt &a, const BigInt& b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;   
     
     // if a == 0 or b == 0 then result = 0
@@ -251,14 +252,7 @@
         carry = tmp >> 32;
     }
     
-    // trim result
-    uint8_t *tmp = (uint8_t*)result.bits;
-    uint32_t newSize = result.size;
-    while(tmp[newSize-1] == 0 && newSize > 0)
-        newSize--;
-    if(num(newSize) < num(result.size))
-        result.bits = (uint32_t*)realloc(result.bits, sizeof(uint32_t)*num(newSize)); 
-    result.size = newSize;
+    result.trim();
     
     return result;
 }
@@ -270,7 +264,10 @@
 
 BigInt operator>>(const BigInt &a, const uint32_t m)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;
+
     if(m == 0)
         return result = a;
     if(m/8 >= a.size)
@@ -298,8 +295,10 @@
  
 BigInt operator<<(const BigInt &a, const uint32_t m)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;
-
+    
     if(m == 0)
         return result = a;
 
@@ -332,18 +331,15 @@
 
 BigInt operator%(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     BigInt result = a;
+    
+    
     while(result > b)
         result -= b;
 
-    // trim result
-    uint8_t *tmp = (uint8_t*)result.bits;
-    uint32_t newSize = result.size;
-    while(tmp[newSize-1] == 0 && newSize > 0)
-        newSize--;
-    if(num(newSize) < num(result.size))
-        result.bits = (uint32_t*)realloc(result.bits, sizeof(uint32_t)*num(newSize)); 
-    result.size = newSize;
+    result.trim();
     
     return result;
 }
@@ -355,6 +351,8 @@
 
 bool operator==(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     if(a.size != b.size)
         return false;
         
@@ -372,6 +370,8 @@
 
 bool operator<(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     if(a.size < b.size)
         return true;
     if(a.size > b.size)
@@ -385,11 +385,13 @@
 
 bool operator<=(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
-    return (a < b) || (a == b);
+    return !(a > b);
 }
 
 bool operator>(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     if(a.size > b.size)
         return true;
     if(a.size < b.size)
@@ -403,11 +405,13 @@
 
 bool operator>=(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
-    return (a > b) || (a == b);
+    return !(a < b);
 }
 
 bool operator!(const BigInt &a)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid());
+
     if(a.size != 1)
         return false;
     return a.bits[0] == 0;
@@ -416,6 +420,8 @@
  
 BigInt operator&(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;
 
     result.size = a.size < b.size ? a.size : b.size;
@@ -426,15 +432,7 @@
     for(uint32_t i = 0; i < l; ++i)
         result.bits[i] = a.bits[i] & b.bits[i];
 
-    
-    // trim result
-    uint8_t *tmp = (uint8_t*)result.bits;
-    uint32_t newSize = result.size;
-    while(tmp[newSize-1] == 0 && newSize > 0)
-        newSize--;
-    if(num(newSize) < num(result.size))
-        result.bits = (uint32_t*)realloc(result.bits, sizeof(uint32_t)*num(newSize)); 
-    result.size = newSize; 
+    result.trim();
     
     return result;
 }
@@ -446,6 +444,8 @@
 
 BigInt operator|(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
     BigInt result;
 
     uint32_t na = num(a.size);
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@
 
 BigInt operator^(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &b)
 {
+    assert(a.isValid() && b.isValid());
+
+
     BigInt result;
 
     uint32_t na = num(a.size);
@@ -494,6 +497,8 @@
             result.bits[i] = b.bits[i];
     }
     
+    result.trim();
+    
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -501,7 +506,30 @@
 {
     return (*this = *this ^ a);
 }
- 
+
+BigInt modPow(const BigInt &a, const BigInt &expn, const BigInt &modulus)
+{
+    assert(a.isValid() && expn.isValid() && modulus.isValid());
+    
+    BigInt result = 1;
+    BigInt tmpE = expn;
+    BigInt base = a;
+    while(tmpE > 0)
+    {
+        if(tmpE % 2 == 1)
+           result = (result * base) % modulus;
+        tmpE >>= 1;
+        base = (base * base) % modulus;
+    }
+    
+    return result;
+}
+
+bool BigInt::isValid() const
+{
+    return size != 0 && bits != 0;
+}
+
 void BigInt::print()
 {
     printf("size: %d bytes\n", size);
@@ -512,3 +540,15 @@
     }
     printf("\n");
 }
+
+void BigInt::trim()
+{
+    uint8_t *tmp = (uint8_t*)bits;
+    uint32_t newSize = size;
+    while(tmp[newSize-1] == 0 && newSize > 0)
+        newSize--;
+    if(num(newSize) < num(size))
+        bits = (uint32_t*)realloc(bits, sizeof(uint32_t)*num(newSize)); 
+    size = newSize; 
+}
+