Re: [openssl-users] BN_exp

2016-01-15 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Philippe Levesque wrote: > Hi > > I wanted some input on a problem. I need to use bn_exp for some big > calculation but I hit a limit where it take age to get a result (after two > day I stopped the process). Pure exponentiations without a modular reduction can q

[openssl-users] BN_exp

2016-01-15 Thread Philippe Levesque
Hi I wanted some input on a problem. I need to use bn_exp for some big calculation but I hit a limit where it take age to get a result (after two day I stopped the process). I tried for fun to run a bn_mod_exp and it took 2 seconds. The manpage state that; BN_exp() raises a to the p-th power