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Command: RSA_blinding_on | Section: 3 | Source: OpenBSD | File: RSA_blinding_on.3
RSA_BLINDING_ON(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual RSA_BLINDING_ON(3)
NAME
RSA_blinding_on, RSA_blinding_off - protect the RSA operation from timing
attacks
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/rsa.h>
int
RSA_blinding_on(RSA *rsa, BN_CTX *ctx);
void
RSA_blinding_off(RSA *rsa);
DESCRIPTION
RSA is vulnerable to timing attacks. In a setup where attackers can
measure the time of RSA decryption or signature operations, blinding must
be used to protect the RSA operation from that attack.
RSA_blinding_on() turns blinding on for key rsa and generates a random
blinding factor. ctx is NULL or a pre-allocated and initialized BN_CTX.
RSA_blinding_off() turns blinding off and frees the memory used for the
blinding factor.
RETURN VALUES
RSA_blinding_on() returns 1 on success, and 0 if an error occurred.
SEE ALSO
RSA_new(3)
HISTORY
RSA_blinding_on() and RSA_blinding_off() first appeared in SSLeay 0.9.0
and have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 July 26, 2023 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8