bigint-crypto-utils/README.hbs

# bigint-crypto-utils

Utils for working with cryptography using native JS (stage 3) implementation of BigInt. It includes some extra functions to work with modular arithmetics along with secure random numbers and a fast strong probable prime generator/tester (parallelised multi-threaded Miller-Rabin primality test). It can be used by any [Web Browser or webview supporting BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt#Browser_compatibility) and with Node.js (>=10.4.0). In the latter case, for multi-threaded primality tests, you should use Node.js v11 or newer or enable at runtime with `node --experimental-worker` with Node.js version >= 10.5.0 and < 11.

_The operations supported on BigInts are not constant time. BigInt can be therefore **[unsuitable for use in cryptography](https://www.chosenplaintext.ca/articles/beginners-guide-constant-time-cryptography.html).** Many platforms provide native support for cryptography, such as [Web Cryptography API](https://w3c.github.io/webcrypto/) or [Node.js Crypto](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest/docs/api/crypto.html)._

## Installation
bigint-crypto-utils is distributed for [web browsers and/or webviews supporting BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt#Browser_compatibility) as an ES6 module or an IIFE file; and for Node.js (>=10.4.0), as a CJS module.

bigint-crypto-utils can be imported to your project with `npm`:
```bash
npm install bigint-crypto-utils
```
NPM installation defaults to the ES6 module for browsers and the CJS one for Node.js.

For web browsers, you can also directly download the [IIFE file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanelas/bigint-crypto-utils/master/dist/bigint-crypto-utils-latest.browser.js) or the [ES6 module](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanelas/bigint-crypto-utils/master/dist/bigint-crypto-utils-latest.browser.mod.min.js) from GitHub.

## Usage example

With node js:
```javascript
const bigintCryptoUtils = require('bigint-crypto-utils');

/* Stage 3 BigInts with value 666 can be declared as BigInt('666')
or the shorter new no-so-linter-friendly syntax 666n.
Notice that you can also pass a number, e.g. BigInt(666), but it is not
recommended since values over 2**53 - 1 won't be safe but no warning will
be raised.
*/
let a = BigInt('5');
let b = BigInt('2');
let n = BigInt('19');

console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modPow(a, b, n)); // prints 6

console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modInv(BigInt('2'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 3

console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modInv(BigInt('3'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 2

// Generation of a probable prime of 2048 bits
const prime = await bigintCryptoUtils.prime(2048);

// Testing if a prime is a probable prime (Miller-Rabin)
if ( await bigintCryptoUtils.isProbablyPrime(prime) )
// code if is prime

// Get a cryptographically secure random number between 1 and 2**256 bits.
const rnd = bigintCryptoUtils.randBetween(BigInt(2) ** BigInt(256));

```

From a browser, you can just load the module in a html page as:
```html
<script type="module">
  import * as bigintCryptoUtils from 'bigint-utils-latest.browser.mod.min.js';

  let a = BigInt('5');
  let b = BigInt('2');
  let n = BigInt('19');

  console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modPow(a, b, n)); // prints 6

  console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modInv(BigInt('2'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 3

  console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modInv(BigInt('3'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 2

  (async function () {
    // Generation of a probable prime of 2018 bits
    const p = await bigintCryptoUtils.prime(2048);

    // Testing if a prime is a probable prime (Miller-Rabin)
    const isPrime = await bigintCryptoUtils.isProbablyPrime(p);
    alert(p.toString() + '\nIs prime?\n' + isPrime);

    // Get a cryptographically secure random number between 1 and 2**256 bits.
    const rnd = bigintCryptoUtils.randBetween(BigInt(2) ** BigInt(256));
    alert(rnd);
  })();
</script>
```

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