BN_NUM_BYTES - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 3ossl
Updated : 2022-03-15
Source : 3.0.2
Note : OpenSSL
NAMEBN_num_bits, BN_num_bytes, BN_num_bits_word − get BIGNUM size
SYNOPSIS​ #include <openssl/bn.h> ​ ​ int BN_num_bytes(const BIGNUM *a); ​ ​ int BN_num_bits(const BIGNUM *a); ​ ​ int BN_num_bits_word(BN_ULONG w);
DESCRIPTION​BN_num_bytes() returns the size of a BIGNUM in bytes. ​BN_num_bits_word() returns the number of significant bits in a word. If we take 0x00000432 as an example, it returns 11, not 16, not 32. Basically, except for a zero, it returns floor(log2(w))+1. ​BN_num_bits() returns the number of significant bits in a BIGNUM, following the same principle as BN_num_bits_word(). ​BN_num_bytes() is a macro.
RETURN VALUESThe size.
NOTESSome have tried using BN_num_bits() on individual numbers in RSA keys, ​DH keys and DSA keys, and found that they don't always come up with the number of bits they expected (something like 512, 1024, 2048, ​...). This is because generating a number with some specific number of bits doesn't always set the highest bits, thereby making the number of significant bits a little lower. If you want to know the ‟key size” of such a key, either use functions like RSA_size(), DH_size() and DSA_size(), or use BN_num_bytes() and multiply with 8 (although there's no real guarantee that will match the ‟key size”, just a lot more probability).
SEE ALSO​DH_size (3), DSA_size (3), ​RSA_size (3)
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