// -------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // File // Name: Random.cpp // Purpose: Random numbers // Created: 31/12/03 // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include "Box.h" #include #include #include "Random.h" #include "CipherException.h" #include "MemLeakFindOn.h" // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // Function // Name: Random::Initialise() // Purpose: Add additional randomness to the standard library initialisation // Created: 18/6/04 // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- void Random::Initialise() { #ifdef HAVE_RANDOM_DEVICE if(::RAND_load_file(RANDOM_DEVICE, 1024) != 1024) { THROW_EXCEPTION(CipherException, RandomInitFailed) } #else ::fprintf(stderr, "No random device -- additional seeding of random number generator not performed.\n"); #endif } // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // Function // Name: Random::Generate(void *, int) // Purpose: Generate Length bytes of random data // Created: 31/12/03 // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- void Random::Generate(void *pOutput, int Length) { if(RAND_pseudo_bytes((uint8_t*)pOutput, Length) == -1) { THROW_EXCEPTION(CipherException, PseudoRandNotAvailable) } } // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // Function // Name: Random::GenerateHex(int) // Purpose: Generate Length bytes of hex encoded data. Note that the // maximum length requested is limited. (Returns a string // 2 x Length characters long.) // Created: 1/11/04 // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string Random::GenerateHex(int Length) { uint8_t r[256]; if(Length > (int)sizeof(r)) { THROW_EXCEPTION(CipherException, LengthRequestedTooLongForRandomHex) } Random::Generate(r, Length); std::string o; static const char *h = "0123456789abcdef"; for(int l = 0; l < Length; ++l) { o += h[r[l] >> 4]; o += h[r[l] & 0xf]; } return o; } // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // Function // Name: Random::RandomInt(int) // Purpose: Return a random integer between 0 and MaxValue inclusive. // Created: 21/1/04 // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------- uint32_t Random::RandomInt(uint32_t MaxValue) { uint32_t v = 0; // Generate a mask uint32_t mask = 0; while(mask < MaxValue) { mask = (mask << 1) | 1; } do { // Generate a random number uint32_t r = 0; Random::Generate(&r, sizeof(r)); // Mask off relevant bits v = r & mask; // Check that it's in the right range. } while(v > MaxValue); // NOTE: don't do a mod, because this doesn't give a correct random distribution return v; }