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1 /*
2 * RandomNumberGenerator
3 * (C) 1999-2009 Jack Lloyd
4 *
5 * Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
6 */
7
8 #ifndef BOTAN_RANDOM_NUMBER_GENERATOR_H__
9 #define BOTAN_RANDOM_NUMBER_GENERATOR_H__
10
11 #include <botan/entropy_src.h>
12 #include <botan/exceptn.h>
13 #include <string>
14
15 namespace Botan {
16
17 /**
18 * This class represents a random number (RNG) generator object.
19 */
20 class BOTAN_DLL RandomNumberGenerator
21 {
22 public:
23 /**
24 * Create a seeded and active RNG object for general application use
25 */
26 static RandomNumberGenerator* make_rng();
27
28 /**
29 * Randomize a byte array.
30 * @param output the byte array to hold the random output.
31 * @param length the length of the byte array output.
32 */
33 virtual void randomize(byte output[], size_t length) = 0;
34
35 /**
36 * Return a random vector
37 * @param bytes number of bytes in the result
38 * @return randomized vector of length bytes
39 */
40 SecureVector<byte> random_vec(size_t bytes)
41 {
42 SecureVector<byte> output(bytes);
43 randomize(&output[0], output.size());
44 return output;
45 }
46
47 /**
48 * Return a random byte
49 * @return random byte
50 */
51 byte next_byte();
52
53 /**
54 * Check whether this RNG is seeded.
55 * @return true if this RNG was already seeded, false otherwise.
56 */
57 virtual bool is_seeded() const { return true; }
58
59 /**
60 * Clear all internally held values of this RNG.
61 */
62 virtual void clear() = 0;
63
64 /**
65 * Return the name of this object
66 */
67 virtual std::string name() const = 0;
68
69 /**
70 * Seed this RNG using the entropy sources it contains.
71 * @param bits_to_collect is the number of bits of entropy to
72 attempt to gather from the entropy sources
73 */
74 virtual void reseed(size_t bits_to_collect) = 0;
75
76 /**
77 * Add this entropy source to the RNG object
78 * @param source the entropy source which will be retained and used by RNG
79 */
80 virtual void add_entropy_source(EntropySource* source) = 0;
81
82 /**
83 * Add entropy to this RNG.
84 * @param in a byte array containg the entropy to be added
85 * @param length the length of the byte array in
86 */
87 virtual void add_entropy(const byte in[], size_t length) = 0;
88
89 RandomNumberGenerator() {}
90 virtual ~RandomNumberGenerator() {}
91 private:
92 RandomNumberGenerator(const RandomNumberGenerator&) {}
93 RandomNumberGenerator& operator=(const RandomNumberGenerator&)
94 { return (*this); }
95 };
96
97 /**
98 * Null/stub RNG - fails if you try to use it for anything
99 */
100 class BOTAN_DLL Null_RNG : public RandomNumberGenerator
101 {
102 public:
103 void randomize(byte[], size_t) { throw PRNG_Unseeded("Null_RNG"); }
104 void clear() {}
105 std::string name() const { return "Null_RNG"; }
106
107 void reseed(size_t) {}
108 bool is_seeded() const { return false; }
109 void add_entropy(const byte[], size_t) {}
110 void add_entropy_source(EntropySource* es) { delete es; }
111 };
112
113 }
114
115 #endif
Botan::Null_RNG::reseed
void reseed(size_t)
Definition: rng.h:107
Botan::Null_RNG::name
std::string name() const
Definition: rng.h:105
Botan::RandomNumberGenerator::is_seeded
virtual bool is_seeded() const
Definition: rng.h:57
Botan::RandomNumberGenerator
Definition: rng.h:20
Botan::RandomNumberGenerator::random_vec
SecureVector< byte > random_vec(size_t bytes)
Definition: rng.h:40
Botan::Null_RNG::add_entropy
void add_entropy(const byte[], size_t)
Definition: rng.h:109
Botan::EntropySource
Definition: entropy_src.h:122
Botan::byte
unsigned char byte
Definition: types.h:22
Botan::RandomNumberGenerator::RandomNumberGenerator
RandomNumberGenerator()
Definition: rng.h:89
Botan::Null_RNG::clear
void clear()
Definition: rng.h:104
Botan::MemoryRegion::size
size_t size() const
Definition: secmem.h:29
Botan
Definition: algo_base.h:14
Botan::Null_RNG
Definition: rng.h:100
Botan::Null_RNG::is_seeded
bool is_seeded() const
Definition: rng.h:108
Botan::SecureVector< byte >
Botan::RandomNumberGenerator::~RandomNumberGenerator
virtual ~RandomNumberGenerator()
Definition: rng.h:90
Botan::Null_RNG::randomize
void randomize(byte[], size_t)
Definition: rng.h:103
Botan::PRNG_Unseeded
Definition: exceptn.h:89
Botan::Null_RNG::add_entropy_source
void add_entropy_source(EntropySource *es)
Definition: rng.h:110