Correct some comments about ECC in mbedtls_mpi_random
Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
diff --git a/library/bignum.c b/library/bignum.c
index d949fd1..52783f5 100644
--- a/library/bignum.c
+++ b/library/bignum.c
@@ -2460,7 +2460,6 @@
int (*f_rng)(void *, unsigned char *, size_t),
void *p_rng )
{
- /* SEC1 3.2.1: Generate X such that 1 <= n < N */
int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_BAD_INPUT_DATA;
int count;
unsigned cmp = 0;
@@ -2478,9 +2477,9 @@
* be < N), so after 30 tries failure probability is a most 2**(-30).
*
* When N is just below a power of 2, as is the case when generating
- * a random point on most elliptic curves, 1 try is enough with
+ * a random scalar on most elliptic curves, 1 try is enough with
* overwhelming probability. When N is just above a power of 2,
- * as when generating a random point on secp224k1, each try has
+ * as when generating a random scalar on secp224k1, each try has
* a probability of failing that is almost 1/2.
*
* The probabilities are almost the same if min is nonzero but negligible