Remove PointGFp::mult_this_secure

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/pubkey/ecc_key/ecc_key.cpp b/src/pubkey/ecc_key/ecc_key.cpp
index b7f58eecc..6ed1fd9c6 100644
--- a/src/pubkey/ecc_key/ecc_key.cpp
+++ b/src/pubkey/ecc_key/ecc_key.cpp
@@ -163,15 +163,11 @@ void EC_PrivateKey::generate_private_key(RandomNumberGenerator& rng)
       throw Invalid_State("cannot generate private key when domain parameters are not set");
       }
 
-   BigInt tmp_private_value(0);
-   tmp_private_value = BigInt::random_integer(rng, 1, mp_dom_pars->get_order());
+   m_private_value = BigInt::random_integer(rng, 1, mp_dom_pars->get_order());
+
    mp_public_point = std::auto_ptr<PointGFp>( new PointGFp (mp_dom_pars->get_base_point()));
-   mp_public_point->mult_this_secure(tmp_private_value,
-                                     mp_dom_pars->get_order(),
-                                     mp_dom_pars->get_order()-1);
 
-   //assert(mp_public_point.get() != 0);
-   tmp_private_value.swap(m_private_value);
+   *mp_public_point *= m_private_value;
    }
 
 /**