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Crypt-DSA-GMP-0.01
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Changes for version 0.01 - 2013-10-07

  • Initial release.
  • Ported from Crypt::DSA with rewrite of most of the internals.
  • Primary high level changes from Crypt::DSA:
    • Fixed the outstanding RTs (see below)
    • Fixes a number of other security issues
    • Don't use OpenSSL
    • Requires GMP. Definitely does not use Pari.
    • Strong randomness on all platforms
    • Significantly faster in some areas
    • Follows FIPS 186-4, meaning increased security
    • Optional primality proving for increased security
    • Allows newer FIPS 186-4 methods if requested (SHA-2)
    • Reads RFC4716 and OpenSSH keys
    • The size of both p and q may be specified in key generation
  • The following RTs were fixed:
    • RT 88429 key generation issues [fixed] RT 88158 primality testing [fixed] RT 86424 typo fix [replaced with new typos] RT 71342 Patch to use Digest::SHA [using Digest::SHA] RT 58094 3-arg open used [we require 5.006] RT 49668 openssl dsaparam output ... [no longer using openssl] RT 21917 openssl not found if in ... [no longer using openssl] RT 19812 Warning in make test [no longer using openssl] RT 19477 $key->write not writing public [use Convert::PEM 0.07] RT 19263 which usage broken ... [no longer using openssl] RT 19184 using of which in KeyChain... [no longer using openssl] RT 18768 patch for MSWin32 support [no longer using openssl] RT 14281 makerandom() not portable [using Crypt::Random::Seed] RT 13862 getting error [no longer using openssl]
    • RT 71421 Systems without /dev/random... [using Crypt::Random::Seed] RT 21968 /dev/random depletion [see text below] best randomness source (e.g. /dev/random) for private key generation best non-blocking source used for all other randomness All module tests allow non-blocking, so tests don't deplete entropy system rand, MT, etc will never be used on any platform
  • The following RTs is not ready to close:
    • RT 26926 should Convert::PEM be a full dependency? Absolutely not until RT 27574 is fixed (random test failures).
  • The following RTs should be closed:
    • RT 27144 Signature will croak during decode_base64. Perhaps old MIME::Base64? This is not the current behavior. RT 54485 SSH2 format. ssh-keygen writes a PEM file for private key. RT 72371 CPAN install missing Math::Pari. Crypt::DSA does not require Math::Pari. Old other modules?

Modules

Crypt::DSA::GMP
DSA Signatures and Key Generation
Crypt::DSA::GMP::Key
DSA key
Crypt::DSA::GMP::Key::PEM
Read/write DSA PEM files
Crypt::DSA::GMP::Key::SSH2
Read/write DSA SSH2 files
Crypt::DSA::GMP::KeyChain
DSA key generation system
Crypt::DSA::GMP::Signature
DSA signature object
Crypt::DSA::GMP::Util
DSA Utility functions

Provides

BufferWithInt
in lib/Crypt/DSA/GMP/Key/SSH2.pm

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