From 91b17fbad4eed87b7fcd2fbc4d0cba73cf34668c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Bodo=20M=C3=B6ller?= Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:14:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Change wording for BN_mod_exp_mont_consttime() entry --- CHANGES | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 54df558352..d02d20e161 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -800,10 +800,10 @@ Changes between 0.9.7g and 0.9.7h [XX xxx XXXX] *) Make a new fixed-window mod_exp implementation the default for - RSA, DSA, and DH private-key operations to mitigate the - hyper-threading timing attacks pointed out by Colin Percival - (http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/), - and potential related attacks. + RSA, DSA, and DH private-key operations so that the sequence of + squares and multiplies and the memory access pattern are + independent of the particular secret key. This will mitigate + cache-timing and potential related attacks. BN_mod_exp_mont_consttime() is the new exponentiation implementation, and this is automatically used by BN_mod_exp_mont() if the new flag -- 2.25.1