1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * randm.c - Random number generator program file.
4 * Copyright (c) 2003 by Marc Boucher, Services Informatiques (MBSI) inc.
5 * Copyright (c) 1998 by Global Election Systems Inc.
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28 * 03-01-01 Marc Boucher <marc@mbsi.ca>
30 * 98-06-03 Guy Lancaster <lancasterg@acm.org>, Global Election Systems Inc.
31 * Extracted from avos.
32 *****************************************************************************/
36 #if PPP_SUPPORT /* don't build if not configured for use in lwipopts.h */
46 #if MD5_SUPPORT /* this module depends on MD5 */
47 #define RANDPOOLSZ 16 /* Bytes stored in the pool of randomness. */
49 /*****************************/
50 /*** LOCAL DATA STRUCTURES ***/
51 /*****************************/
52 static char randPool
[RANDPOOLSZ
]; /* Pool of randomness. */
53 static long randCount
= 0; /* Pseudo-random incrementer */
56 /***********************************/
57 /*** PUBLIC FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ***/
58 /***********************************/
60 * Initialize the random number generator.
62 * Since this is to be called on power up, we don't have much
63 * system randomess to work with. Here all we use is the
64 * real-time clock. We'll accumulate more randomness as soon
65 * as things start happening.
74 * Churn the randomness pool on a random event. Call this early and often
75 * on random and semi-random system events to build randomness in time for
76 * usage. For randomly timed events, pass a null pointer and a zero length
77 * and this will use the system timer and other sources to add randomness.
78 * If new random data is available, pass a pointer to that and it will be
81 * Ref: Applied Cryptography 2nd Ed. by Bruce Schneier p. 427
84 avChurnRand(char *randData
, u32_t randLen
)
88 /* LWIP_DEBUGF(LOG_INFO, ("churnRand: %u@%P\n", randLen, randData)); */
90 MD5Update(&md5
, (u_char
*)randPool
, sizeof(randPool
));
92 MD5Update(&md5
, (u_char
*)randData
, randLen
);
95 /* INCLUDE fields for any system sources of randomness */
99 /* Load sysData fields here. */
100 MD5Update(&md5
, (u_char
*)&sysData
, sizeof(sysData
));
102 MD5Final((u_char
*)randPool
, &md5
);
103 /* LWIP_DEBUGF(LOG_INFO, ("churnRand: -> 0\n")); */
107 * Use the random pool to generate random data. This degrades to pseudo
108 * random when used faster than randomness is supplied using churnRand().
109 * Note: It's important that there be sufficient randomness in randPool
110 * before this is called for otherwise the range of the result may be
111 * narrow enough to make a search feasible.
113 * Ref: Applied Cryptography 2nd Ed. by Bruce Schneier p. 427
115 * XXX Why does he not just call churnRand() for each block? Probably
116 * so that you don't ever publish the seed which could possibly help
117 * predict future values.
118 * XXX Why don't we preserve md5 between blocks and just update it with
119 * randCount each time? Probably there is a weakness but I wish that
123 avGenRand(char *buf
, u32_t bufLen
)
130 n
= LWIP_MIN(bufLen
, RANDPOOLSZ
);
132 MD5Update(&md5
, (u_char
*)randPool
, sizeof(randPool
));
133 MD5Update(&md5
, (u_char
*)&randCount
, sizeof(randCount
));
143 * Return a new random number.
150 avGenRand((char *)&newRand
, sizeof(newRand
));
155 #else /* MD5_SUPPORT */
157 /*****************************/
158 /*** LOCAL DATA STRUCTURES ***/
159 /*****************************/
160 static int avRandomized
= 0; /* Set when truely randomized. */
161 static u32_t avRandomSeed
= 0; /* Seed used for random number generation. */
164 /***********************************/
165 /*** PUBLIC FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ***/
166 /***********************************/
168 * Initialize the random number generator.
170 * Here we attempt to compute a random number seed but even if
171 * it isn't random, we'll randomize it later.
173 * The current method uses the fields from the real time clock,
174 * the idle process counter, the millisecond counter, and the
175 * hardware timer tick counter. When this is invoked
176 * in startup(), then the idle counter and timer values may
177 * repeat after each boot and the real time clock may not be
178 * operational. Thus we call it again on the first random
185 /* Get a pointer into the last 4 bytes of clockBuf. */
186 u32_t
*lptr1
= (u32_t
*)((char *)&clockBuf
[3]);
189 * Initialize our seed using the real-time clock, the idle
190 * counter, the millisecond timer, and the hardware timer
191 * tick counter. The real-time clock and the hardware
192 * tick counter are the best sources of randomness but
193 * since the tick counter is only 16 bit (and truncated
194 * at that), the idle counter and millisecond timer
195 * (which may be small values) are added to help
196 * randomize the lower 16 bits of the seed.
199 avRandomSeed
+= *(u32_t
*)clockBuf
+ *lptr1
+ OSIdleCtr
200 + ppp_mtime() + ((u32_t
)TM1
<< 16) + TM1
;
202 avRandomSeed
+= sys_jiffies(); /* XXX */
205 /* Initialize the Borland random number generator. */
206 srand((unsigned)avRandomSeed
);
210 * Randomize our random seed value. Here we use the fact that
211 * this function is called at *truely random* times by the polling
212 * and network functions. Here we only get 16 bits of new random
213 * value but we use the previous value to randomize the other 16
219 static u32_t last_jiffies
;
224 /* The initialization function also updates the seed. */
226 /* avRandomSeed += (avRandomSeed << 16) + TM1; */
227 avRandomSeed
+= (sys_jiffies() - last_jiffies
); /* XXX */
229 last_jiffies
= sys_jiffies();
233 * Return a new random number.
234 * Here we use the Borland rand() function to supply a pseudo random
235 * number which we make truely random by combining it with our own
236 * seed which is randomized by truely random events.
237 * Thus the numbers will be truely random unless there have been no
238 * operator or network events in which case it will be pseudo random
239 * seeded by the real time clock.
244 return ((((u32_t
)rand() << 16) + rand()) + avRandomSeed
);
247 #endif /* MD5_SUPPORT */
249 #endif /* PPP_SUPPORT */