Example #1
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// Decrypt takes two integers, resulting from an ElGamal encryption, and
// returns the plaintext of the message. An error can result only if the
// ciphertext is invalid. Users should keep in mind that this is a padding
// oracle and thus, if exposed to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack, can
// be used to break the cryptosystem.  See ``Chosen Ciphertext Attacks
// Against Protocols Based on the RSA Encryption Standard PKCS #1'', Daniel
// Bleichenbacher, Advances in Cryptology (Crypto '98),
func Decrypt(priv *PrivateKey, c1, c2 *big.Int) (msg []byte, err error) {
	s := new(big.Int).Exp(c1, priv.X, priv.P)
	s.ModInverse(s, priv.P)
	s.Mul(s, c2)
	s.Mod(s, priv.P)
	em := s.Bytes()

	firstByteIsTwo := subtle.ConstantTimeByteEq(em[0], 2)

	// The remainder of the plaintext must be a string of non-zero random
	// octets, followed by a 0, followed by the message.
	//   lookingForIndex: 1 iff we are still looking for the zero.
	//   index: the offset of the first zero byte.
	var lookingForIndex, index int
	lookingForIndex = 1

	for i := 1; i < len(em); i++ {
		equals0 := subtle.ConstantTimeByteEq(em[i], 0)
		index = subtle.ConstantTimeSelect(lookingForIndex&equals0, i, index)
		lookingForIndex = subtle.ConstantTimeSelect(equals0, 0, lookingForIndex)
	}

	if firstByteIsTwo != 1 || lookingForIndex != 0 || index < 9 {
		return nil, errors.New("elgamal: decryption error")
	}
	return em[index+1:], nil
}