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diff --git a/contrib/libottery/ottery.h b/contrib/libottery/ottery.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2caac2 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/libottery/ottery.h @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +/* Libottery by Nick Mathewson. + + This software has been dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 + public domain dedication. + + To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with + libottery has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights + to libottery. + + You should have received a copy of the CC0 legalcode along with this + work in doc/cc0.txt. If not, see + <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. + */ +#ifndef OTTERY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_ +#define OTTERY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_ +#include <stdint.h> +#include <sys/types.h> + +#ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C" { +#endif + +#include "ottery_common.h" + +/** @file */ + +struct ottery_config; + +/* Functions that use an implicit global state */ + +/** + * Fill a buffer with random bytes. + * + * @param buf The buffer to fill. + * @param n The number of bytes to write. + */ +void ottery_rand_bytes(void *buf, size_t n); +/** + * Generate a random number of type unsigned. + * + * @return A random number between 0 and UINT_MAX included, + * chosen uniformly. + */ +unsigned ottery_rand_unsigned(void); +/** + * Generate a random number of type uint32_t. + * + * @return A random number between 0 and UINT32_MAX included, + * chosen uniformly. + */ +uint32_t ottery_rand_uint32(void); +/** + * Generate a random number of type uint64_t. + * + * @return A random number between 0 and UINT64_MAX included, + * chosen uniformly. + */ +uint64_t ottery_rand_uint64(void); +/** + * Generate a random number of type unsigned in a given range. + * + * @param top The upper bound of the range (inclusive). + * @return A random number no larger than top, and no less than 0, + * chosen uniformly. + */ +unsigned ottery_rand_range(unsigned top); +/** + * Generate a random number of type uint64_t in a given range. + * + * @param top The upper bound of the range (inclusive). + * @return A random number no larger than top, and no less than 0, + * chosen uniformly. + */ +uint64_t ottery_rand_range64(uint64_t top); + +/** + * Initialize the libottery global state. + * + * Most users should not need to use this function. If you use it, you must + * call it before any of: ottery_rand_bytes, ottery_rand_unsigned, + * ottery_rand_uint64, ottery_rand_range, ottery_rand_uint64_range, + * ottery_add_seed, ottery_wipe, ottery_stir. + * + * You would want to use this function if you want to select some non-default + * behavior using an ottery_config structure. + * + * @param cfg Either NULL, or an ottery_config structure that has been + * initialized with ottery_config_init(). + * @return Zero on success, or one of the OTTERY_ERR_* error codes on failure. + */ +int ottery_init(const struct ottery_config *cfg); + +/** + * Add more entropy to the libottery global state. + * + * Calling this function should be needless, if you trust your operating + * system's random number generator and entropy extraction features. You + * would want to use this function if you think the operating system's random + * number generator might be inadequate, and you want to add more entropy from + * EGD or something. + * + * You might also want to call this function if your belief system says that + * it's useful to periodically add more raw entropy to a well-seeded + * cryptographically strong PRNG. + * + * @param seed Bytes to add to the state. If this value is NULL, we take + * more random bytes from the OS. + * @param n The number of bytes to add. If this value is 0, we take more + * random bytes from the OS, regardless of the value of seed. + * @return Zero on success, or one of the OTTERY_ERR_* error codes on failure. + */ +int ottery_add_seed(const uint8_t *seed, size_t n); + +/** + * Destroy the libottery global state and release any resources that it might + * hold. + * + * Ordinarily, you would only want to call this at exit, if at all. + */ +void ottery_wipe(void); + +/** + * Explicitly tell libottery to prevent backtracking attacks. (Usually + * needless.) + * + * Once this function has been called, an attacker who compromises the state + * later on will not be able to recover bytes that have previously been + * returned by any of the ottery_rand_* functions. + * + * You should not usually need to call this function: Libottery provides + * backtracking resistance by default, so unless you have manually recompiled + * with the OTTERY_NO_CLEAR_AFTER_YIELD option, this function isn't + * necessary and has no effect. Even *with* OTTERY_NO_CLEAR_AFTER_YIELD, + * this function isn't necessary in ordinary operation: the libottery state is + * implicitly "stirred" every 1k or so. + */ +void ottery_prevent_backtracking(void); + +#ifdef __cplusplus +} +#endif + +#endif |