Re: LibTomMath vs MIRACL

From: Peter Gutmann (pgut001_at_cs.auckland.ac.nz)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: 30 Jul 2003 14:54:15 GMT

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

>You might also take a look at GMP, which is under the Gnu LGPL, and
>(like MIRACL) includes fast assembly code. There is also the bn
>library which is part of OpenSSL. I believe bn is generally pretty
>fast, but not quite as fast as GMP or MIRACL.

The advantage of the OpenSSL bignum code is that it's targeted specifically at
doing crypto, while GMP is a general-purpose numeric package. If your goal is
just to implement the usual suspects { RSA, DH, DSA/Elgamal }, you need to do
quite a bit more work with GMP than with OpenSSL bignum.

Peter.