From 92fa4a898e042b5055535ff35611c70be02a3acd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Le Riche <7701190+p-leriche@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:46:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add operation RandomPrime.mjs and entry in Categories.json

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 src/core/operations/RandomPrime.mjs | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 src/core/operations/RandomPrime.mjs

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+/**
+ * @author p-leriche [philip.leriche@cantab.net]
+ * @copyright Crown Copyright 2025
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import Operation from "../Operation.mjs";
+import OperationError from "../errors/OperationError.mjs";
+import { modPow } from "../lib/BigIntUtils.mjs";
+
+/* ---------- helper functions ---------- */
+
+/**
+ * Generate random BigInt with specified bit length
+ */
+function randBigInt(bits) {
+    const bytes = Math.ceil(bits / 8);
+    const a = new Uint8Array(bytes);
+    crypto.getRandomValues(a);
+
+    // Set high bit to ensure correct bit length
+    a[0] |= 1 << (7 - ((8 * bytes - bits)));
+    // Set low bit to ensure odd (primes > 2 are odd)
+    a[bytes - 1] |= 1;
+
+    let h = "";
+    for (const b of a) h += b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0");
+    return BigInt("0x" + h);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Miller-Rabin primality test
+ */
+function isProbablePrime(n, rounds) {
+    if (n < 2n) return false;
+    if (n === 2n || n === 3n) return true;
+    if (n % 2n === 0n) return false;
+
+    // Write n-1 as 2^r * d
+    let d = n - 1n;
+    let r = 0n;
+    while (d % 2n === 0n) {
+        d /= 2n;
+        r++;
+    }
+
+    // Witness loop
+    for (let i = 0; i < rounds; i++) {
+        const a = randBigInt(n.toString(2).length - 1) % (n - 3n) + 2n;
+        let x = modPow(a, d, n);
+
+        if (x === 1n || x === n - 1n) continue;
+
+        let composite = true;
+        for (let j = 0n; j < r - 1n; j++) {
+            x = modPow(x, 2n, n);
+            if (x === n - 1n) {
+                composite = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (composite) return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/* ---------- operation class ---------- */
+
+/**
+ * Generate Prime Number operation
+ */
+class GeneratePrime extends Operation {
+    /**
+     * GeneratePrime constructor
+     */
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        this.name = "Pseudo-Random Prime Generator";
+        this.module = "Crypto";
+        this.description =
+            "Generates a random probable prime number of specified bit length using the Miller-Rabin primality test.<br><br>" +
+            "<b>Primality guarantee:</b><br>" +
+            "For numbers . 3,317, the result is guaranteed prime (deterministic test).<br>" +
+            "For larger numbers, uses probabilistic testing:<br>" +
+            "- <b>Standard (7 rounds):</b> Probability of composite approx 1 in 16,000)<br><br>" +
+            "- <b>Crypto grade (40 rounds):</b> Probability of composite(approx 1 in 10^24)<br>" +
+            "Crypto grade is recommended for cryptographic applications (RSA, Diffie-Hellman, etc.).<br><br>" ;
+        this.infoURL = "https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Rabin_primality_test";
+        this.inputType = "string";
+        this.outputType = "string";
+        this.args = [
+            {
+                name: "Bit length",
+                type: "number",
+                value: 512,
+                min: 2
+            },
+            {
+                name: "Crypto grade",
+                type: "boolean",
+                value: false
+            },
+            {
+                name: "Output format",
+                type: "option",
+                value: ["Decimal", "Hexadecimal"]
+            }
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} input
+     * @param {Object[]} args
+     * @returns {string}
+     */
+    run(input, args) {
+        const [bits, cryptoGrade, outputFormat] = args;
+
+        if (bits < 2) {
+            throw new OperationError("Bit length must be at least 2");
+        }
+
+        if (bits > 4096) {
+            throw new OperationError("Bit length limited to 4096 bits for performance reasons");
+        }
+
+        const rounds = cryptoGrade ? 40 : 7;
+        let attempts = 0;
+        const maxAttempts = 10000;
+
+        let n = randBigInt(bits);
+
+        while (!isProbablePrime(n, rounds)) {
+            n = randBigInt(bits);
+            attempts++;
+
+            if (attempts > maxAttempts) {
+                throw new OperationError(`Failed to generate prime after ${maxAttempts} attempts. Try a different bit length.`);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Return only the prime for pipeability
+        if (outputFormat === "Hexadecimal") {
+            return "0x" + n.toString(16);
+        } else {
+            return n.toString();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export default GeneratePrime;