3 * $Id: noise.h,v 1.3 1999/12/22 15:57:55 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 1.3 1999/12/22 15:57:55 mdw
34 * Label system-specific parts more clearly.
36 * Revision 1.2 1999/12/10 23:29:48 mdw
37 * Change header file guard names.
39 * Revision 1.1 1999/09/03 08:41:12 mdw
44 #ifndef CATACOMB_NOISE_H
45 #define CATACOMB_NOISE_H
51 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
53 #include <sys/types.h>
55 #ifndef CATACOMB_RAND_H
59 /*----- Noise source definition -------------------------------------------*/
61 extern rand_source noise_source
;
63 /*----- Magic numbers -----------------------------------------------------*/
65 #define NOISE_NOSETUID ((uid_t)-1)
66 #define NOISE_NOSETGID ((gid_t)-1)
68 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
70 /* --- @noise_timer@ --- *
72 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
74 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
76 * Use: Contributes the current time to the randomness pool.
77 * A guess at the number of useful bits contributed is made,
78 * based on first and second order bit differences. This isn't
79 * ever-so reliable, but it's better than nothing.
82 extern int noise_timer(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
84 /* --- @noise_devrandom@ --- *
86 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
88 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
90 * Use: Attempts to obtain some randomness from the system entropy
91 * pool. All bits from the device are assumed to be good.
94 extern int noise_devrandom(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
96 /* --- @noise_setid@ --- *
98 * Arguments: @uid_t uid@ = uid to set
99 * @gid_t gid@ = gid to set
103 * Use: Sets the user and group ids to be used by @noise_filter@
104 * when running child processes. This is useful to avoid
105 * giving shell commands (even carefully written ones) undue
106 * privileges. This interface is Unix-specific.
109 extern void noise_setid(uid_t
/*uid*/, gid_t
/*gid*/);
111 /* --- @noise_filter@ --- *
113 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
114 * @int good@ = number of good bits per 1024 bits
115 * @const char *c@ = shell command to run
117 * Returns: Nonzero if some randomness was contributed.
119 * Use: Attempts to execute a shell command, and dump it into the
120 * randomness pool. A very rough estimate of the number of
121 * good bits is made, based on the size of the command's output.
122 * This function calls @waitpid@, so be careful. Before execing
123 * the command, the process uid and gid are set to the values
124 * given to @noise_setid@, and an attempt is made to reset the
125 * list of supplementary groups. The environment passed to
126 * the command has been severly lobotimized. If the command
127 * fails to complete within a short time period, it is killed.
128 * Paranoid use of close-on-exec flags for file descriptors is
131 * This interface is Unix-specific.
134 extern int noise_filter(rand_pool */
*r*/
, int /*good*/, const char */
*c*/
);
136 /* --- @noise_acquire@ --- *
138 * Arguments: @rand_pool *r@ = pointer to a randomness pool
142 * Use: Acquires some randomness from somewhere.
145 extern void noise_acquire(rand_pool */
*r*/
);
147 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/