[or-cvs] note another potential security problem with generating key...

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Update of /home/or/cvsroot/tor/src/common
In directory moria:/tmp/cvs-serv30581

Modified Files:
	crypto.c 
Log Message:
note another potential security problem with generating key material
from our DH handshake.


Index: crypto.c
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/tor/src/common/crypto.c,v
retrieving revision 1.148
retrieving revision 1.149
diff -u -d -r1.148 -r1.149
--- crypto.c	5 Aug 2005 22:08:57 -0000	1.148
+++ crypto.c	6 Aug 2005 16:50:51 -0000	1.149
@@ -1458,6 +1458,12 @@
   }
   secret_len = result;
   /* sometimes secret_len might be less than 128, e.g., 127. that's ok. */
+  /* Actually, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2631.html says:
+   *   Leading zeros MUST be preserved, so that ZZ occupies as many
+   *   octets as p. For instance, if p is 1024 bits, ZZ should be 128
+   *   bytes long.
+   * What are the security implications here?
+   */
   for (i = 0; i < secret_bytes_out; i += DIGEST_LEN) {
     secret_tmp[secret_len] = (unsigned char) i/DIGEST_LEN;
     if (crypto_digest(hash, secret_tmp, secret_len+1))