From faf6f5023d91071b85b612474a400f53263e47b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: juanelas Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 11:08:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] BigInt is ES-2020 --- README.hbs | 4 ++-- README.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.hbs b/README.hbs index 9d8e973..8cfb5b2 100644 --- a/README.hbs +++ b/README.hbs @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # bigint-crypto-utils -Utils for working with cryptography using native JS ([ECMA-262](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects)) 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. +Utils for working with cryptography using native JS ([ES-2020](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects)) 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). @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ You can just load the module in a html page as: ### TypeScript -BigInt is currently [ECMA-262](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects) and thus in order to use it with TypeScript you should set `lib` (and probably also `target` and `module`) to `esnext` in `tsconfig.json`. +BigInt is [ES-2020](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects). In order to use it with TypeScript you should set `lib` (and probably also `target` and `module`) to `esnext` in `tsconfig.json`. # bigint-crypto-utils JS Doc diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9f41522..a362aad 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # bigint-crypto-utils -Utils for working with cryptography using native JS ([ECMA-262](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects)) 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. +Utils for working with cryptography using native JS ([ES-2020](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects)) 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). @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ You can just load the module in a html page as: ### TypeScript -BigInt is currently [ECMA-262](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects) and thus in order to use it with TypeScript you should set `lib` (and probably also `target` and `module`) to `esnext` in `tsconfig.json`. +BigInt is [ES-2020](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-bigint-objects). In order to use it with TypeScript you should set `lib` (and probably also `target` and `module`) to `esnext` in `tsconfig.json`. # bigint-crypto-utils JS Doc