gnunet

commit 4f261de996daf0c2100eeb19cf3201f8e76930fc
parent 07b82363864a0b477e0959512b73961406aef90f
Author: Matthias Wachs <wachs@net.in.tum.de>
Date:   Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:41:02 +0000

function to fill buffer with random values


Diffstat:
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src/include/gnunet_crypto_lib.h
 | 
11
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src/util/crypto_random.c
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41
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2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_crypto_lib.h b/src/include/gnunet_crypto_lib.h
@@ -410,6 +410,17 @@ GNUNET_CRYPTO_crc32_n (const void *buf, size_t len);
 
 /**
  * @ingroup crypto
+ * Fill block with a random values.
+ *
+ * @param mode desired quality of the random number
+ * @param buffer the buffer to fill
+ * @param length buffer length
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_random_block (enum GNUNET_CRYPTO_Quality mode, void *buffer, size_t length);
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup crypto
  * Produce a random value.
  *
  * @param mode desired quality of the random number
diff --git a/src/util/crypto_random.c b/src/util/crypto_random.c
@@ -95,6 +95,47 @@ GNUNET_CRYPTO_seed_weak_random (int32_t seed)
   SRANDOM (seed);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @ingroup crypto
+ * Fill block with a random values.
+ *
+ * @param mode desired quality of the random number
+ * @param buffer the buffer to fill
+ * @param length buffer length
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_random_block (enum GNUNET_CRYPTO_Quality mode, void *buffer, size_t length)
+{
+#ifdef gcry_fast_random_poll
+  static unsigned int invokeCount;
+#endif
+  switch (mode)
+  {
+  case GNUNET_CRYPTO_QUALITY_STRONG:
+    /* see http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gcrypt-devel/2004-May/000613.html */
+#ifdef gcry_fast_random_poll
+    if ((invokeCount++ % 256) == 0)
+      gcry_fast_random_poll ();
+#endif
+    gcry_randomize (buffer, length, GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM);
+    return;
+  case GNUNET_CRYPTO_QUALITY_NONCE:
+    gcry_create_nonce (buffer, length);
+    return;
+  case GNUNET_CRYPTO_QUALITY_WEAK:
+    /* see http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gcrypt-devel/2004-May/000613.html */
+#ifdef gcry_fast_random_poll
+    if ((invokeCount++ % 256) == 0)
+      gcry_fast_random_poll ();
+#endif
+    gcry_randomize (buffer, length, GCRY_WEAK_RANDOM);
+    return;
+    return;
+  default:
+    GNUNET_assert (0);
+  }
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Produce a random value.