3 * $Id: noise.h,v 1.4 2000/06/17 12:57:47 mdw Exp $
5 * Acquisition of environmental noise (Unix-specific)
7 * (c) 1998 Straylight/Edgeware
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
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30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
33 * Revision 1.4 2000/06/17 12:57:47 mdw
34 * New free counter noise generator, for use if /dev/random is
37 * Revision 1.3 1999/12/22 15:57:55 mdw
38 * Label system-specific parts more clearly.
40 * Revision 1.2 1999/12/10 23:29:48 mdw
41 * Change header file guard names.
43 * Revision 1.1 1999/09/03 08:41:12 mdw
48 #ifndef CATACOMB_NOISE_H
49 #define CATACOMB_NOISE_H
55 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
57 #include <sys/types.h>
59 #ifndef CATACOMB_RAND_H
63 /*----- Noise source definition -------------------------------------------*/
65 extern rand_source noise_source
;
67 /*----- Magic numbers -----------------------------------------------------*/
69 #define NOISE_NOSETUID ((uid_t)-1)
70 #define NOISE_NOSETGID ((gid_t)-1)
72 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
74 /* --- @noise_timer@ --- *
76 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
78 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
80 * Use: Contributes the current time to the randomness pool.
81 * A guess at the number of useful bits contributed is made,
82 * based on first and second order bit differences. This isn't
83 * ever-so reliable, but it's better than nothing.
86 extern int noise_timer(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
88 /* --- @noise_devrandom@ --- *
90 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
92 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
94 * Use: Attempts to obtain some randomness from the system entropy
95 * pool. All bits from the device are assumed to be good.
98 extern int noise_devrandom(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
100 /* --- @noise_setid@ --- *
102 * Arguments: @uid_t uid@ = uid to set
103 * @gid_t gid@ = gid to set
107 * Use: Sets the user and group ids to be used by @noise_filter@
108 * when running child processes. This is useful to avoid
109 * giving shell commands (even carefully written ones) undue
110 * privileges. This interface is Unix-specific.
113 extern void noise_setid(uid_t
/*uid*/, gid_t
/*gid*/);
115 /* --- @noise_filter@ --- *
117 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
118 * @int good@ = number of good bits per 1024 bits
119 * @const char *c@ = shell command to run
121 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
123 * Use: Attempts to execute a shell command, and dump it into the
124 * randomness pool. A very rough estimate of the number of
125 * good bits is made, based on the size of the command's output.
126 * This function calls @waitpid@, so be careful. Before execing
127 * the command, the process uid and gid are set to the values
128 * given to @noise_setid@, and an attempt is made to reset the
129 * list of supplementary groups. The environment passed to
130 * the command has been severly lobotimized. If the command
131 * fails to complete within a short time period, it is killed.
132 * Paranoid use of close-on-exec flags for file descriptors is
135 * This interface is Unix-specific.
138 extern int noise_filter(rand_pool */
*r*/
, int /*good*/, const char */
*c*/
);
140 /* --- @noise_freewheel@ --- *
142 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
144 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
146 * Use: Runs a free counter for a short while as a desparate attempt
147 * to get randomness from somewhere. This is actually quite
151 int noise_freewheel(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
153 /* --- @noise_enquire@ --- *
155 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
157 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
159 * Use: Runs some shell commands to enquire about the prevailing
160 * environment. This can gather quite a lot of low-quality
164 extern int noise_enquire(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
166 /* --- @noise_acquire@ --- *
168 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
172 * Use: Acquires some randomness from somewhere.
175 extern void noise_acquire(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
177 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/