//! Random number generator support use super::Uint; use crate::{Limb, NonZero, Random, RandomMod}; use rand_core::CryptoRngCore; use subtle::ConstantTimeLess; impl Random for Uint { /// Generate a cryptographically secure random [`Uint`]. fn random(mut rng: &mut impl CryptoRngCore) -> Self { let mut limbs = [Limb::ZERO; LIMBS]; for limb in &mut limbs { *limb = Limb::random(&mut rng) } limbs.into() } } impl RandomMod for Uint { /// Generate a cryptographically secure random [`Uint`] which is less than /// a given `modulus`. /// /// This function uses rejection sampling, a method which produces an /// unbiased distribution of in-range values provided the underlying /// CSRNG is unbiased, but runs in variable-time. /// /// The variable-time nature of the algorithm should not pose a security /// issue so long as the underlying random number generator is truly a /// CSRNG, where previous outputs are unrelated to subsequent /// outputs and do not reveal information about the RNG's internal state. fn random_mod(mut rng: &mut impl CryptoRngCore, modulus: &NonZero) -> Self { let mut n = Self::ZERO; let n_bits = modulus.as_ref().bits_vartime(); let n_limbs = (n_bits + Limb::BITS - 1) / Limb::BITS; let mask = Limb::MAX >> (Limb::BITS * n_limbs - n_bits); loop { for i in 0..n_limbs { n.limbs[i] = Limb::random(&mut rng); } n.limbs[n_limbs - 1] = n.limbs[n_limbs - 1] & mask; if n.ct_lt(modulus).into() { return n; } } } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use crate::{NonZero, RandomMod, U256}; use rand_core::SeedableRng; #[test] fn random_mod() { let mut rng = rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng::seed_from_u64(1); // Ensure `random_mod` runs in a reasonable amount of time let modulus = NonZero::new(U256::from(42u8)).unwrap(); let res = U256::random_mod(&mut rng, &modulus); // Sanity check that the return value isn't zero assert_ne!(res, U256::ZERO); // Ensure `random_mod` runs in a reasonable amount of time // when the modulus is larger than 1 limb let modulus = NonZero::new(U256::from(0x10000000000000001u128)).unwrap(); let res = U256::random_mod(&mut rng, &modulus); // Sanity check that the return value isn't zero assert_ne!(res, U256::ZERO); } }