Re: DH shared key generation using Oakley groups.

[joseph k j]

On 9/24/05, Nils Larsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

joseph k j wrote:
...
>     I am using openssl-0.9.8-stable-SNAP-20050810,
>     BN_set_word(BIGNUM *a, unsigned long w);
>     what should i do if i need to set a prime whose bits exceeds that of
> a long.
>     can some one give me a pointer to a good doc on BN.

depends on the format of the number you want to set: if it's
a hex number try BN_hex2bn (see `man BN_hex2bn`) if the number
is in binary form try BN_bin2bn (see `man BN_bin2bn`).

Cheers,
Nils

Thanks a lot Nils.