ossl_rand.c

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/*
 * 'OpenSSL for Ruby' project
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2002  Michal Rokos <m.rokos@sh.cvut.cz>
 *
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program is licensed under the same licence as Ruby.
 * (See the file 'LICENCE'.)
 */
#include "ossl.h"

VALUE mRandom;
VALUE eRandomError;

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     seed(str) -> str
 *
 * ::seed is equivalent to ::add where _entropy_ is length of _str_.
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_seed(VALUE self, VALUE str)
{
    StringValue(str);
    RAND_seed(RSTRING_PTR(str), RSTRING_LENINT(str));

    return str;
}

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     add(str, entropy) -> self
 *
 * Mixes the bytes from _str_ into the Pseudo Random Number Generator(PRNG)
 * state.
 *
 * Thus, if the data from _str_ are unpredictable to an adversary, this
 * increases the uncertainty about the state and makes the PRNG output less
 * predictable.
 *
 * The _entropy_ argument is (the lower bound of) an estimate of how much
 * randomness is contained in _str_, measured in bytes.
 *
 * === Example
 *
 *    pid = $$
 *    now = Time.now
 *    ary = [now.to_i, now.nsec, 1000, pid]
 *    OpenSSL::Random.add(ary.join, 0.0)
 *    OpenSSL::Random.seed(ary.join)
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_add(VALUE self, VALUE str, VALUE entropy)
{
    StringValue(str);
    RAND_add(RSTRING_PTR(str), RSTRING_LENINT(str), NUM2DBL(entropy));

    return self;
}

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     load_random_file(filename) -> true
 *
 * Reads bytes from _filename_ and adds them to the PRNG.
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_load_file(VALUE self, VALUE filename)
{
    rb_check_safe_obj(filename);

    if(!RAND_load_file(StringValueCStr(filename), -1)) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, NULL);
    }
    return Qtrue;
}

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     write_random_file(filename) -> true
 *
 * Writes a number of random generated bytes (currently 1024) to _filename_
 * which can be used to initialize the PRNG by calling ::load_random_file in a
 * later session.
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_write_file(VALUE self, VALUE filename)
{
    rb_check_safe_obj(filename);

    if (RAND_write_file(StringValueCStr(filename)) == -1) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, NULL);
    }
    return Qtrue;
}

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *      random_bytes(length) -> string
 *
 * Generates a String with _length_ number of cryptographically strong
 * pseudo-random bytes.
 *
 * === Example
 *
 *    OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(12)
 *    #=> "..."
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_bytes(VALUE self, VALUE len)
{
    VALUE str;
    int n = NUM2INT(len);
    int ret;

    str = rb_str_new(0, n);
    ret = RAND_bytes((unsigned char *)RSTRING_PTR(str), n);
    if (ret == 0) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, "RAND_bytes");
    } else if (ret == -1) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, "RAND_bytes is not supported");
    }

    return str;
}

#if defined(HAVE_RAND_PSEUDO_BYTES)
/*
 *  call-seq:
 *      pseudo_bytes(length) -> string
 *
 * Generates a String with _length_ number of pseudo-random bytes.
 *
 * Pseudo-random byte sequences generated by ::pseudo_bytes will be unique if
 * they are of sufficient length, but are not necessarily unpredictable.
 *
 * === Example
 *
 *    OpenSSL::Random.pseudo_bytes(12)
 *    #=> "..."
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_pseudo_bytes(VALUE self, VALUE len)
{
    VALUE str;
    int n = NUM2INT(len);

    str = rb_str_new(0, n);
    if (RAND_pseudo_bytes((unsigned char *)RSTRING_PTR(str), n) < 1) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, NULL);
    }

    return str;
}
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_RAND_EGD
/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     egd(filename) -> true
 *
 * Same as ::egd_bytes but queries 255 bytes by default.
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_egd(VALUE self, VALUE filename)
{
    rb_check_safe_obj(filename);

    if (RAND_egd(StringValueCStr(filename)) == -1) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, NULL);
    }
    return Qtrue;
}

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     egd_bytes(filename, length) -> true
 *
 * Queries the entropy gathering daemon EGD on socket path given by _filename_.
 *
 * Fetches _length_ number of bytes and uses ::add to seed the OpenSSL built-in
 * PRNG.
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_egd_bytes(VALUE self, VALUE filename, VALUE len)
{
    int n = NUM2INT(len);

    rb_check_safe_obj(filename);

    if (RAND_egd_bytes(StringValueCStr(filename), n) == -1) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, NULL);
    }
    return Qtrue;
}
#endif /* HAVE_RAND_EGD */

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     status? => true | false
 *
 * Return +true+ if the PRNG has been seeded with enough data, +false+ otherwise.
 */
static VALUE
ossl_rand_status(VALUE self)
{
    return RAND_status() ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

/*
 * INIT
 */
void
Init_ossl_rand(void)
{
#if 0
    mOSSL = rb_define_module("OpenSSL");
    eOSSLError = rb_define_class_under(mOSSL, "OpenSSLError", rb_eStandardError);
#endif

    mRandom = rb_define_module_under(mOSSL, "Random");

    eRandomError = rb_define_class_under(mRandom, "RandomError", eOSSLError);

    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "seed", ossl_rand_seed, 1);
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "random_add", ossl_rand_add, 2);
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "load_random_file", ossl_rand_load_file, 1);
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "write_random_file", ossl_rand_write_file, 1);
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "random_bytes", ossl_rand_bytes, 1);
#if defined(HAVE_RAND_PSEUDO_BYTES)
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "pseudo_bytes", ossl_rand_pseudo_bytes, 1);
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_RAND_EGD
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "egd", ossl_rand_egd, 1);
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "egd_bytes", ossl_rand_egd_bytes, 2);
#endif /* HAVE_RAND_EGD */
    rb_define_module_function(mRandom, "status?", ossl_rand_status, 0);
}