# HG changeset patch # User Matt Johnston # Date 1120828750 0 # Node ID ea9277442ef2e4e958b8047c5ec3395018f3166d # Parent 1a52846ec11fdd5ff7ca7ddeea5e62f160c7de05 * move RSA_BLINDING to options.h diff -r 1a52846ec11f -r ea9277442ef2 options.h --- a/options.h Thu Jun 02 22:53:18 2005 +0000 +++ b/options.h Fri Jul 08 13:19:10 2005 +0000 @@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ #define DROPBEAR_RSA #define DROPBEAR_DSS +/* RSA can be vulnerable to timing attacks which use the time required for + * signing to guess the private key. Blinding avoids this attack, though makes + * signing operations slightly slower. */ +#define RSA_BLINDING + /* Define DSS_PROTOK to use PuTTY's method of generating the value k for dss, * rather than just from the random byte source. Undefining this will save you * ~4k in binary size with static uclibc, but your DSS hostkey could be exposed diff -r 1a52846ec11f -r ea9277442ef2 rsa.c --- a/rsa.c Thu Jun 02 22:53:18 2005 +0000 +++ b/rsa.c Fri Jul 08 13:19:10 2005 +0000 @@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ /* the actual signing of the padded data */ -#define RSA_BLINDING #ifdef RSA_BLINDING /* With blinding, s = (r^(-1))((em)*r^e)^d mod n */