From 0a20c7531d51e3b1659898247b3e08aca1e47e40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Juan=20Hern=C3=A1ndez=20Serrano?= Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 01:29:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] superseded by bigint-crypto-utils --- README.hbs | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.hbs b/README.hbs index a7c2ca1..b4e6d54 100644 --- a/README.hbs +++ b/README.hbs @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ # bigint-mod-arith +**IMPORTANT! This package has been superseded by [bigint-crypto-utils](https://github.com/juanelas/bigint-crypto-utils)**. Please install that package instead. + Some extra functions to work with modular arithmetics using native JS (stage 3) implementation of BigInt. 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). -If you are looking for a cryptographically-secure random generator and for strong probable primes (generation and testing), you -may be interested in [bigint-secrets](https://github.com/juanelas/bigint-secrets) +If you are also looking for a cryptographically-secure random generator and for strong probable primes (generation and testing), you should consider moving to [bigint-crypto-utils](https://github.com/juanelas/bigint-crypto-utils) _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)._