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diff --git a/security/nss/lib/freebl/secrng.h b/security/nss/lib/freebl/secrng.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..19eae48331 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/lib/freebl/secrng.h @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#ifndef _SECRNG_H_ +#define _SECRNG_H_ +/* + * secrng.h - public data structures and prototypes for the secure random + * number generator + */ + +/******************************************/ +/* +** Random number generation. A cryptographically strong random number +** generator. +*/ + +#include "blapi.h" + +/* the number of bytes to read from the system random number generator */ +#define SYSTEM_RNG_SEED_COUNT 1024 + +SEC_BEGIN_PROTOS + +/* +** The following functions are provided by the security library +** but are differently implemented for the UNIX, Win, and OS/2 +** versions +*/ + +/* +** Get the "noisiest" information available on the system. +** The amount of data returned depends on the system implementation. +** It will not exceed maxbytes, but may be (much) less. +** Returns number of noise bytes copied into buf, or zero if error. +*/ +extern size_t RNG_GetNoise(void *buf, size_t maxbytes); + +/* +** RNG_SystemInfoForRNG should be called before any use of SSL. It +** gathers up the system specific information to help seed the +** state of the global random number generator. +*/ +extern void RNG_SystemInfoForRNG(void); + +/* +** Use the contents (and stat) of a file to help seed the +** global random number generator. +*/ +extern void RNG_FileForRNG(const char *filename); + +/* +** Get maxbytes bytes of random data from the system random number +** generator. +** Returns the number of bytes copied into buf -- maxbytes if success +** or zero if error. +** Errors: +** PR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERROR There is no system RNG on the platform. +** SEC_ERROR_NEED_RANDOM The system RNG failed. +*/ +extern size_t RNG_SystemRNG(void *buf, size_t maxbytes); + +SEC_END_PROTOS + +#endif /* _SECRNG_H_ */ |