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List:       botan-devel
Subject:    [Botan-devel]  Botan 64-bit on Solaris
From:       Rickard.Bondesson () iis ! se (Rickard Bondesson)
Date:       2008-12-22 15:55:37
Message-ID: 69830D4127201D4EBD146B904119971864656B () EXCHANGE ! office ! nic ! se
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> Another strange thing is that prime1 (p) and prime2 (q) have 
> a length of 48 bytes in 32-bit mode.
> But in 64-bit mode they are 32 bytes in length.
> If I generate a 768-bit RSA key, shouldn't p and q have a 
> length of 48 bytes?

The problem had to do with reusage of an old BigInt variable.

E.g.

BigInt bigNumber = aValueFromTheKey;

Do_some_thing;

bigNumber = someThingNew;

Do_some_thing_more;

// Rickard
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