elgamalkeypairgenerator.java

Oreilly_Java_Cryptography EBOOK SOURCE CODE

package oreilly.jonathan.crypto;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.*;

public class ElGamalKeyPairGenerator
    extends KeyPairGeneratorSpi {
  private int mStrength = 0;
  private SecureRandom mSecureRandom = null;
  
  // Strength is interpreted as the bit length of p.
  public void initialize(int strength, SecureRandom random) {
    mStrength = strength;
    mSecureRandom = random;
  }
  
  public KeyPair generateKeyPair() {
    if (mSecureRandom == null) {
      mStrength = 1024;
      mSecureRandom = new SecureRandom();
    }
    BigInteger p = new BigInteger(mStrength, 16, mSecureRandom);
    BigInteger g = new BigInteger(mStrength - 1, mSecureRandom);
    BigInteger x = new BigInteger(mStrength - 1, mSecureRandom);
    BigInteger y = g.modPow(x, p);
    
    ElGamalPublicKey publicKey = new ElGamalPublicKey(y, g, p);
    ElGamalPrivateKey privateKey = new ElGamalPrivateKey(x, g, p);
    return new KeyPair(publicKey, privateKey);
  }
}