Add extended_gcd and modular_inverse functions.

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Ethan Dalool 2020-03-09 14:49:12 -07:00
parent e28bee9439
commit ebca1d4826

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@ -106,6 +106,23 @@ def str_to_a32(b):
def mpi_to_int(s):
return int(binascii.hexlify(s[2:]), 16)
def extended_gcd(a, b):
if a == 0:
return (b, 0, 1)
else:
g, y, x = extended_gcd(b % a, a)
return (g, x - (b // a) * y, y)
def modular_inverse(a, m):
'''
Thank you Mart Bakhoff for this solution.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/9758173
'''
g, x, y = extended_gcd(a, m)
if g != 1:
raise Exception('modular inverse does not exist')
else:
return x % m
def base64_url_decode(data):
data += '==' [(2 - len(data) * 3) % 4:]