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1 | /* -*-c-*- |
2 | * |
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3 | * $Id: rand.h,v 1.2 1999/10/12 21:00:15 mdw Exp $ |
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4 | * |
5 | * Secure random number generator |
6 | * |
7 | * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware |
8 | */ |
9 | |
10 | /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* |
11 | * |
12 | * This file is part of Catacomb. |
13 | * |
14 | * Catacomb is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
15 | * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as |
16 | * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the |
17 | * License, or (at your option) any later version. |
18 | * |
19 | * Catacomb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
20 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
21 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
22 | * GNU Library General Public License for more details. |
23 | * |
24 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public |
25 | * License along with Catacomb; if not, write to the Free |
26 | * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, |
27 | * MA 02111-1307, USA. |
28 | */ |
29 | |
30 | /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* |
31 | * |
32 | * $Log: rand.h,v $ |
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33 | * Revision 1.2 1999/10/12 21:00:15 mdw |
34 | * Make pool and buffer sizes more sensible. |
35 | * |
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36 | * Revision 1.1 1999/09/03 08:41:12 mdw |
37 | * Initial import. |
38 | * |
39 | */ |
40 | |
41 | /*----- Notes on the random number generator ------------------------------* |
42 | * |
43 | * The algorithm is one of the author's own devising. It may therefore be |
44 | * worth a certain amount of skepticism. However, I've thought about this |
45 | * method for over a year before actually considering it worth implementing. |
46 | * With a little bit of luck, it should have received some peer review by the |
47 | * time this code is actually properly released, and it'll be worth a bit |
48 | * more confidence. My earlier generator was very similar in structure to |
49 | * the Linux /dev/random device. This generator is intended to address |
50 | * concerns I expressed about the Linux generator in a Usenet article to |
51 | * sci.crypt. |
52 | * |
53 | * The generator is divided into two parts: an input pool and an outpu |
54 | * buffer. New random data is placed into the pool in the way described |
55 | * below, which is shamelessly stolen from the Linux /dev/random generator. |
56 | * The only interaction that the pool has on the output buffer is through the |
57 | * keyed `gating' operation, which mixes up and redistributes all of the |
58 | * generator's state in an irreversible manner. Random bytes, when |
59 | * requested, are extracted from the output buffer in a linear fashion. |
60 | * |
61 | * The input pool is best seen as being eight shift registers in parallel. |
62 | * Data is added to the pool one octet at a time. Each bit of a new octet is |
63 | * added to a different shift register, by adding it (mod 2) with other bits |
64 | * according to the coefficients of a primitive polynomial. Each new byte is |
65 | * rotated before being added into the pool, in a half-hearted attempt to |
66 | * protect against biases in the input data (e.g., top bits being clear on |
67 | * ASCII text). |
68 | * |
69 | * The gating operation takes a keyed hash of the entire generator state, |
70 | * uses it as the key for a symmetric cipher, and encrypts the state. The |
71 | * key is then discarded. The result is that every ouptut bit of the |
72 | * operation depends in a complex way on every input bit, but the operation |
73 | * cannot be reversed. |
74 | * |
75 | * As an added wrinkle, 160 bits of the output buffer are never actually |
76 | * output. They are used in the gating operation only, as an extra item that |
77 | * an adversary has to guess before predicting generator output. |
78 | */ |
79 | |
80 | #ifndef RAND_H |
81 | #define RAND_H |
82 | |
83 | #ifdef __cplusplus |
84 | extern "C" { |
85 | #endif |
86 | |
87 | /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/ |
88 | |
89 | #include <stddef.h> |
90 | |
91 | #include "rmd160-hmac.h" |
92 | |
93 | /*----- Magic numbers -----------------------------------------------------*/ |
94 | |
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95 | #define RAND_POOLSZ 128 /* Input pool size in bytes */ |
96 | #define RAND_BUFSZ 128 /* Output buffer size in bytes */ |
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97 | #define RAND_SECSZ 20 /* Secret octets in output buffer */ |
98 | |
99 | #define RAND_IBITS (RAND_POOLSZ * 8) |
100 | #define RAND_OBITS (RAND_BUFSZ * 8) |
101 | |
102 | /*----- Data structures ---------------------------------------------------*/ |
103 | |
104 | /* --- A random number generator pool --- */ |
105 | |
106 | typedef struct rand_pool { |
107 | octet pool[RAND_POOLSZ]; /* Actual contents of the pool */ |
108 | unsigned i; /* Current index into pool */ |
109 | unsigned irot; /* Current rotation applied */ |
110 | unsigned ibits; /* Number of good bits in pool */ |
111 | octet buf[RAND_BUFSZ]; /* Random octet output buffer */ |
112 | unsigned o; /* Current index into buffer */ |
113 | unsigned obits; /* Number of good bits in buffer */ |
114 | rmd160_mackey k; /* Secret key for this pool */ |
115 | const struct rand_source *s; /* System-specific noise source */ |
116 | } rand_pool; |
117 | |
118 | #define RAND_GLOBAL ((rand_pool *)0) /* The global randomness pool */ |
119 | |
120 | /* --- A noise source --- */ |
121 | |
122 | typedef struct rand_source { |
123 | void (*getnoise)(rand_pool */*r*/); /* Acquire more noise */ |
124 | int (*timer)(rand_pool */*r*/); /* Get noise from current time */ |
125 | } rand_source; |
126 | |
127 | /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/ |
128 | |
129 | /* --- @rand_init@ --- * |
130 | * |
131 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
132 | * |
133 | * Returns: --- |
134 | * |
135 | * Use: Initializes a randomness pool. The pool doesn't start out |
136 | * very random: that's your job to sort out. |
137 | */ |
138 | |
139 | extern void rand_init(rand_pool */*r*/); |
140 | |
141 | /* --- @rand_noisesrc@ --- * |
142 | * |
143 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
144 | * @const rand_source *s@ = pointer to source definition |
145 | * |
146 | * Returns: --- |
147 | * |
148 | * Use: Sets a noise source for a randomness pool. When the pool's |
149 | * estimate of good random bits falls to zero, the @getnoise@ |
150 | * function is called, passing the pool handle as an argument. |
151 | * It is expected to increase the number of good bits by at |
152 | * least one, because it'll be called over and over again until |
153 | * there are enough bits to satisfy the caller. The @timer@ |
154 | * function is called frequently throughout the generator's |
155 | * operation. |
156 | */ |
157 | |
158 | extern void rand_noisesrc(rand_pool */*r*/, const rand_source */*s*/); |
159 | |
160 | /* --- @rand_key@ --- * |
161 | * |
162 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
163 | * @const void *k@ = pointer to key data |
164 | * @size_t sz@ = size of key data |
165 | * |
166 | * Returns: --- |
167 | * |
168 | * Use: Sets the secret key for a randomness pool. The key is used |
169 | * when mixing in new random bits. |
170 | */ |
171 | |
172 | extern void rand_key(rand_pool */*r*/, const void */*k*/, size_t /*sz*/); |
173 | |
174 | /* --- @rand_add@ --- * |
175 | * |
176 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
177 | * @const void *p@ = pointer a buffer of data to add |
178 | * @size_t sz@ = size of the data buffer |
179 | * @unsigned goodbits@ = number of good bits estimated in buffer |
180 | * |
181 | * Returns: --- |
182 | * |
183 | * Use: Mixes the data in the buffer with the contents of the |
184 | * pool. The estimate of the number of good bits is added to |
185 | * the pool's own count. The mixing operation is not |
186 | * cryptographically strong. However, data in the input pool |
187 | * isn't output directly, only through the one-way gating |
188 | * operation, so that shouldn't matter. |
189 | */ |
190 | |
191 | extern void rand_add(rand_pool */*r*/, |
192 | const void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/, |
193 | unsigned /*goodbits*/); |
194 | |
195 | /* --- @rand_goodbits@ --- * |
196 | * |
197 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
198 | * |
199 | * Returns: Estimate of the number of good bits remaining in the pool. |
200 | */ |
201 | |
202 | extern unsigned rand_goodbits(rand_pool */*r*/); |
203 | |
204 | /* --- @rand_gate@ --- * |
205 | * |
206 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
207 | * |
208 | * Returns: --- |
209 | * |
210 | * Use: Mixes up the entire state of the generator in a nonreversible |
211 | * way. |
212 | */ |
213 | |
214 | extern void rand_gate(rand_pool */*r*/); |
215 | |
216 | /* --- @rand_stretch@ --- * |
217 | * |
218 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
219 | * |
220 | * Returns: --- |
221 | * |
222 | * Use: Stretches the contents of the output buffer by transforming |
223 | * it in a nonreversible way. This doesn't add any entropy |
224 | * worth speaking about, but it works well enough when the |
225 | * caller doesn't care about that sort of thing. |
226 | */ |
227 | |
228 | extern void rand_stretch(rand_pool */*r*/); |
229 | |
230 | /* --- @rand_get@ --- * |
231 | * |
232 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
233 | * @void *p@ = pointer to output buffer |
234 | * @size_t sz@ = size of output buffer |
235 | * |
236 | * Returns: --- |
237 | * |
238 | * Use: Gets random data from the pool. The pool's contents can't be |
239 | * determined from the output of this function; nor can the |
240 | * output data be determined from a knowledge of the data input |
241 | * to the pool wihtout also having knowledge of the secret key. |
242 | * The good bits counter is decremented, although no special |
243 | * action is taken if it reaches zero. |
244 | */ |
245 | |
246 | extern void rand_get(rand_pool */*r*/, void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/); |
247 | |
248 | /* --- @rand_getgood@ --- * |
249 | * |
250 | * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool |
251 | * @void *p@ = pointer to output buffer |
252 | * @size_t sz@ = size of output buffer |
253 | * |
254 | * Returns: --- |
255 | * |
256 | * Use: Gets random data from the pool. The pool's contents can't be |
257 | * determined from the output of this function; nor can the |
258 | * output data be determined from a knowledge of the data input |
259 | * to the pool wihtout also having knowledge of the secret key. |
260 | * If a noise source is attached to the pool in question, it is |
261 | * called to replenish the supply of good bits in the pool; |
262 | * otherwise this call is equivalent to @rand_get@. |
263 | */ |
264 | |
265 | extern void rand_getgood(rand_pool */*r*/, void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/); |
266 | |
267 | /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/ |
268 | |
269 | #ifdef __cplusplus |
270 | } |
271 | #endif |
272 | |
273 | #endif |