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--- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/bn.3
+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/bn.3
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.15
-.\" Wed Mar 17 09:38:41 2004
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v1.37, Pod::Parser v1.14
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-.\" ======================================================================
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-.\" index entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process
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+.\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.Sh), items (.Ip), and index
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.IX Title "bn 3"
-.TH bn 3 "0.9.7d" "2004-03-17" "OpenSSL"
-.UC
+.TH bn 3 "2005-02-24" "0.9.7d" "OpenSSL"
.SH "NAME"
bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -147,6 +137,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/bn.h>
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 5
\& BIGNUM *BN_new(void);
\& void BN_free(BIGNUM *a);
@@ -154,23 +145,28 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& void BN_clear(BIGNUM *a);
\& void BN_clear_free(BIGNUM *a);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 3
\& BN_CTX *BN_CTX_new(void);
\& void BN_CTX_init(BN_CTX *c);
\& void BN_CTX_free(BN_CTX *c);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 2
\& BIGNUM *BN_copy(BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b);
\& BIGNUM *BN_dup(const BIGNUM *a);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 1
\& BIGNUM *BN_swap(BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 3
\& int BN_num_bytes(const BIGNUM *a);
\& int BN_num_bits(const BIGNUM *a);
\& int BN_num_bits_word(BN_ULONG w);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 19
\& int BN_add(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b);
\& int BN_sub(BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b);
@@ -192,6 +188,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& const BIGNUM *m, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int BN_gcd(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *ctx);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 5
\& int BN_add_word(BIGNUM *a, BN_ULONG w);
\& int BN_sub_word(BIGNUM *a, BN_ULONG w);
@@ -199,6 +196,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& BN_ULONG BN_div_word(BIGNUM *a, BN_ULONG w);
\& BN_ULONG BN_mod_word(const BIGNUM *a, BN_ULONG w);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 6
\& int BN_cmp(BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b);
\& int BN_ucmp(BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b);
@@ -207,6 +205,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& int BN_is_word(BIGNUM *a, BN_ULONG w);
\& int BN_is_odd(BIGNUM *a);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 5
\& int BN_zero(BIGNUM *a);
\& int BN_one(BIGNUM *a);
@@ -214,18 +213,21 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& int BN_set_word(BIGNUM *a, unsigned long w);
\& unsigned long BN_get_word(BIGNUM *a);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 4
\& int BN_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom);
\& int BN_pseudo_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom);
\& int BN_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, BIGNUM *range);
\& int BN_pseudo_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, BIGNUM *range);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 4
\& BIGNUM *BN_generate_prime(BIGNUM *ret, int bits,int safe, BIGNUM *add,
\& BIGNUM *rem, void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
\& int BN_is_prime(const BIGNUM *p, int nchecks,
\& void (*callback)(int, int, void *), BN_CTX *ctx, void *cb_arg);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 8
\& int BN_set_bit(BIGNUM *a, int n);
\& int BN_clear_bit(BIGNUM *a, int n);
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& int BN_rshift(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, int n);
\& int BN_rshift1(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 10
\& int BN_bn2bin(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to);
\& BIGNUM *BN_bin2bn(const unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
@@ -248,10 +251,12 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& int BN_bn2mpi(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to);
\& BIGNUM *BN_mpi2bn(unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 2
\& BIGNUM *BN_mod_inverse(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *n,
\& BN_CTX *ctx);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 6
\& BN_RECP_CTX *BN_RECP_CTX_new(void);
\& void BN_RECP_CTX_init(BN_RECP_CTX *recp);
@@ -260,6 +265,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
\& int BN_mod_mul_reciprocal(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, BIGNUM *b,
\& BN_RECP_CTX *recp, BN_CTX *ctx);
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 11
\& BN_MONT_CTX *BN_MONT_CTX_new(void);
\& void BN_MONT_CTX_init(BN_MONT_CTX *ctx);
@@ -277,7 +283,7 @@ bn \- multiprecision integer arithmetics
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This library performs arithmetic operations on integers of arbitrary
size. It was written for use in public key cryptography, such as \s-1RSA\s0
-and Diffie-Hellman.
+and Diffie\-Hellman.
.PP
It uses dynamic memory allocation for storing its data structures.
That means that there is no limit on the size of the numbers
@@ -288,22 +294,22 @@ The basic object in this library is a \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR. It is used to hold a
single large integer. This type should be considered opaque and fields
should not be modified or accessed directly.
.PP
-The creation of \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR objects is described in BN_new(3);
-BN_add(3) describes most of the arithmetic operations.
-Comparison is described in BN_cmp(3); BN_zero(3)
-describes certain assignments, BN_rand(3) the generation of
-random numbers, BN_generate_prime(3) deals with prime
-numbers and BN_set_bit(3) with bit operations. The conversion
-of \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fRs to external formats is described in BN_bn2bin(3).
+The creation of \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR objects is described in \fIBN_new\fR\|(3);
+\&\fIBN_add\fR\|(3) describes most of the arithmetic operations.
+Comparison is described in \fIBN_cmp\fR\|(3); \fIBN_zero\fR\|(3)
+describes certain assignments, \fIBN_rand\fR\|(3) the generation of
+random numbers, \fIBN_generate_prime\fR\|(3) deals with prime
+numbers and \fIBN_set_bit\fR\|(3) with bit operations. The conversion
+of \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fRs to external formats is described in \fIBN_bn2bin\fR\|(3).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-bn_internal(3),
-dh(3), err(3), rand(3), rsa(3),
-BN_new(3), BN_CTX_new(3),
-BN_copy(3), BN_swap(3), BN_num_bytes(3),
-BN_add(3), BN_add_word(3),
-BN_cmp(3), BN_zero(3), BN_rand(3),
-BN_generate_prime(3), BN_set_bit(3),
-BN_bn2bin(3), BN_mod_inverse(3),
-BN_mod_mul_reciprocal(3),
-BN_mod_mul_montgomery(3)
+\&\fIbn_internal\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIdh\fR\|(3), \fIerr\fR\|(3), \fIrand\fR\|(3), \fIrsa\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_new\fR\|(3), \fIBN_CTX_new\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_copy\fR\|(3), \fIBN_swap\fR\|(3), \fIBN_num_bytes\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_add\fR\|(3), \fIBN_add_word\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_cmp\fR\|(3), \fIBN_zero\fR\|(3), \fIBN_rand\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_generate_prime\fR\|(3), \fIBN_set_bit\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_bn2bin\fR\|(3), \fIBN_mod_inverse\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_mod_mul_reciprocal\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIBN_mod_mul_montgomery\fR\|(3)
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