Plaintext space check

According to [DJN 10], the plaintext space is `Z_n`. We had this
information in the `Encrypt` and `EncryptWithR` documentation but
sometimes, when encrypting result of more complex equations, it's easy
to miss the fact the result is out of the allowed range.

Here we have just a safety check making sure that if plaintext is out of
allowed space, we report an error.
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Piotr Dyraga committed 2018-07-31 16:18:19 +02:00
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@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ func (pk *PublicKey) GetNSquare() *big.Int {
}
// EncryptWithR encrypts a plaintext into a cypher one with random `r` specified
// in the argument. The plain text must be smaller that N and bigger or equal
// than zero. `r` is the randomness used to encrypt the plaintext. `r` must be
// in the argument. The plain text must be smaller that N and bigger than or
// equal zero. `r` is the randomness used to encrypt the plaintext. `r` must be
// a random element from a multiplicative group of integers modulo N.
//
// If you don't need to use the specific `r`, you should use the `Encrypt`
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ func (pk *PublicKey) GetNSquare() *big.Int {
//
// See [KL 08] construction 11.32, page 414.
func (pk *PublicKey) EncryptWithR(m *big.Int, r *big.Int) (*Cypher, error) {
if m.Cmp(ZERO) == -1 || m.Cmp(pk.N) != -1 { // m < 0 || m >= N ?
return nil, fmt.Errorf(
"%v is out of allowed plaintext space [0, %v)",
m,
pk.N,
)
}
nSquare := pk.GetNSquare()
// g is _always_ equal n+1
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ func (pk *PublicKey) EncryptWithR(m *big.Int, r *big.Int) (*Cypher, error) {
}
// Encrypt a plaintext into a cypher one. The plain text must be smaller that
// N and bigger or equal than zero. random is usually rand.Reader from the
// N and bigger than or equal zero. random is usually rand.Reader from the
// package crypto/rand.
//
// m - plaintext to encrypt