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authorGravatar Benjamin Barenblat <bbaren@mit.edu>2015-03-14 19:47:09 -0400
committerGravatar Benjamin Barenblat <bbaren@mit.edu>2015-03-14 19:47:09 -0400
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+/*
+ secure_random.h - interface for secure random number generator
+ (c) 2004-2005 Zeljko Vrba <zvrba@globalnet.hr>
+
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ the following conditions:
+
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+#ifndef SECURE_RANDOM_H__
+#define SECURE_RANDOM_H__
+
+/**
+ @file
+ This file defines the SRNG interface.
+*/
+
+/** Opaque structure used to hold secure random generator state. */
+struct SRNG_st;
+
+/**
+ Initialize the secure random number generator.
+ @param st The state variable which should be initialized. The behaviour
+ depends whether this is NULL or not.
+ @return The size of the initialized state.
+
+ An exception is thrown on error.
+
+ @note The interface is designed such that it is possible to provide a
+ secure (e.g. memory-locked) buffer for the state. If \e st is
+ NULL, the function does nothing, but still returns the size that
+ needs to be reserved for the state.
+*/
+unsigned int SRNG_init(struct SRNG_st *st);
+
+/**
+ Obtain \e n bytes of randomness from the generator.
+
+ @param st Pointer to generator state.
+ @param buf Buffer to store random bytes.
+ @param n Number of random bytes to retrieve.
+
+ An exception is thrown on error.
+*/
+void SRNG_bytes(
+ struct SRNG_st *st,
+ void *buf,
+ unsigned int n);
+
+/**
+ * Destroy the RNG state. \e st is pointer returned by SRNG_init().
+ */
+void SRNG_destroy(struct SRNG_st *st);
+
+#endif /* SECURE_RANDOM_H__ */