ElGamalParametersGenerator.java

package org.minicastle.crypto.generators;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.SecureRandom;

import org.minicastle.crypto.params.ElGamalParameters;

public class ElGamalParametersGenerator
{
    private int             size;
    private int             certainty;
    private SecureRandom    random;

    private static BigInteger ONE = BigInteger.valueOf(1);
    private static BigInteger TWO = BigInteger.valueOf(2);

    public void init(
        int             size,
        int             certainty,
        SecureRandom    random)
    {
        this.size = size;
        this.certainty = certainty;
        this.random = random;
    }

    /**
     * which generates the p and g values from the given parameters,
     * returning the ElGamalParameters object.
     * <p>
     * Note: can take a while...
     */
    public ElGamalParameters generateParameters()
    {
        BigInteger      g, p, q;
        int             qLength = size - 1;

        //
        // find a safe prime p where p = 2*q + 1, where p and q are prime.
        //
		for (;;)
		{
			q = new BigInteger(qLength, 1, random);
			
			if (q.bitLength() != qLength)
			{
				continue;
			}
			
			if (!q.isProbablePrime(certainty))
			{
				continue;
			}
			
            p = q.multiply(TWO).add(ONE);
            if (p.isProbablePrime(certainty))
            {
                break;
            }
		}

		//
		// calculate the generator g - the advantage of using the 2q+1 
        // approach is that we know the prime factorisation of (p - 1)...
	    //
        for (;;)
        {
            g = new BigInteger(qLength, random);

            if (g.modPow(TWO, p).equals(ONE))
            {
                continue;
            }

            if (g.modPow(q, p).equals(ONE))
            {
                continue;
            }

            break;
        }

        return new ElGamalParameters(p, g);
    }
}