diff --git a/README.hbs b/README.hbs index 8ab3b9d..c1b1a9b 100644 --- a/README.hbs +++ b/README.hbs @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # 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 Browsers or webviews 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)._ diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 061e7ba..a2e898f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # 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 Browsers or webviews 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)._