-void
-buffer_put_bignum(Buffer *buffer, const BIGNUM *value)
-{
- int bits = BN_num_bits(value);
- int bin_size = (bits + 7) / 8;
- u_char *buf = xmalloc(bin_size);
- int oi;
- char msg[2];
-
- /* Get the value of in binary */
- oi = BN_bn2bin(value, buf);
- if (oi != bin_size)
- fatal("buffer_put_bignum: BN_bn2bin() failed: oi %d != bin_size %d",
- oi, bin_size);
-
- /* Store the number of bits in the buffer in two bytes, msb first. */
- PUT_16BIT(msg, bits);
- buffer_append(buffer, msg, 2);
- /* Store the binary data. */
- buffer_append(buffer, (char *)buf, oi);
-
- memset(buf, 0, bin_size);
- xfree(buf);
-}