News Archive 2

I added a convenience wrapper element_pp_pow_zn(), and cleaned up a few source files.

Stefan Weber fixed a bug in Yulian Kalev’s random number generator code for Windows.

Yulian Kalev contributed a random number generator for Windows, using the Microsoft Crypto API.

A minor bugfix, and an API change for curve finding functions.

Pairings now handle identity elements, a feature requested by Aniket Kate. In the past, my attitude was that the caller should check first, because in practical applications there’s never a need to feed an identity element into the pairing. But the cost of handling this special case is negligible, so I’ve changed my mind.