diff --git a/README.hbs b/README.hbs index 652fec7..5e5616c 100644 --- a/README.hbs +++ b/README.hbs @@ -1,11 +1,21 @@ -# bigint-crypto-utils +# 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 generation/testing (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 former case, for multi-threaded primality tests, you should use Node.js 11 or enable at runtime with `node --experimental-worker` with Node.js >=10.5.0. +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 generation/testing +(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 former case, for multi-threaded primality tests, you should use Node.js 11 or enable +at runtime with `node --experimental-worker` with Node.js >=10.5.0. -_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)._ +_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 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 @@ -13,7 +23,11 @@ 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 minimised version of the [IIFE file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanelas/bigint-crypto-utils/master/dist/bigint-crypto-utils-latest.browser.min.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. +For web browsers, you can also directly download the minimised version of the [IIFE +file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanelas/bigint-crypto-utils/master/dist/bigint-crypto-utils-latest.browser.min.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 @@ -22,10 +36,10 @@ With node js: 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. +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'); @@ -42,45 +56,45 @@ 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 +// code if is prime // Get a cryptographically secure random number between 1 and 2**256 bits. -const rnd = bigintCryptoUtils.randBetween(BigInt(2)**BigInt(256)); +const rnd = bigintCryptoUtils.randBetween(BigInt(2) ** BigInt(256)); ``` From a browser, you can just load the module in a html page as: ```html - + // Get a cryptographically secure random number between 1 and 2**256 bits. + const rnd = await bigintCryptoUtils.randBetween(BigInt(2) ** BigInt(256)); + alert(rnd); + })(); + ``` # bigint-crypto-utils JS Doc {{>main}} -* * * +* * * \ No newline at end of file