- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUES
- SEE ALSO
- HISTORY

# NAME

RSA_blinding_on, RSA_blinding_off - protect the RSA operation from timing attacks

# SYNOPSIS

     #include <openssl/rsa.h>

     int RSA_blinding_on(RSA *rsa, BN_CTX *ctx);

     void RSA_blinding_off(RSA *rsa);

# DESCRIPTION

RSA is vulnerable to timing attacks. In a setup where attackers can measure the time of RSA decryption or signature operations, blinding must be used to protect the RSA operation from that attack.

`RSA_blinding_on()` turns blinding on for key rsa and generates a random blinding factor. ctx is NULL or a pre-allocated and initialized BN_CTX. The random number generator must be seeded prior to calling RSA_blinding_on().

`RSA_blinding_off()` turns blinding off and frees the memory used for the blinding factor.

# RETURN VALUES

`RSA_blinding_on()` returns 1 on success, and 0 if an error occurred.

`RSA_blinding_off()` returns no value.

# SEE ALSO

rsa, rand

# HISTORY

`RSA_blinding_on()` and `RSA_blinding_off()` appeared in SSLeay 0.9.0.