andre@0: /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
andre@0:  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
andre@0:  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
andre@0: 
andre@0: #ifndef _SECRNG_H_
andre@0: #define _SECRNG_H_
andre@0: /*
andre@0:  * secrng.h - public data structures and prototypes for the secure random
andre@0:  *	      number generator
andre@0:  */
andre@0: 
andre@0: /******************************************/
andre@0: /*
andre@0: ** Random number generation. A cryptographically strong random number
andre@0: ** generator.
andre@0: */
andre@0: 
andre@0: #include "blapi.h"
andre@0: 
andre@0: /* the number of bytes to read from the system random number generator */
andre@0: #define SYSTEM_RNG_SEED_COUNT 1024
andre@0: 
andre@0: SEC_BEGIN_PROTOS
andre@0: 
andre@0: /*
andre@0: ** The following functions are provided by the security library
andre@0: ** but are differently implemented for the UNIX, Win, and OS/2
andre@0: ** versions
andre@0: */
andre@0: 
andre@0: /*
andre@0: ** Get the "noisiest" information available on the system.
andre@0: ** The amount of data returned depends on the system implementation.
andre@0: ** It will not exceed maxbytes, but may be (much) less.
andre@0: ** Returns number of noise bytes copied into buf, or zero if error.
andre@0: */
andre@0: extern size_t RNG_GetNoise(void *buf, size_t maxbytes);
andre@0: 
andre@0: /*
andre@0: ** RNG_SystemInfoForRNG should be called before any use of SSL. It
andre@0: ** gathers up the system specific information to help seed the
andre@0: ** state of the global random number generator.
andre@0: */
andre@0: extern void RNG_SystemInfoForRNG(void);
andre@0: 
andre@0: /* 
andre@0: ** Use the contents (and stat) of a file to help seed the
andre@0: ** global random number generator.
andre@0: */
andre@0: extern void RNG_FileForRNG(const char *filename);
andre@0: 
andre@0: /*
andre@0: ** Get maxbytes bytes of random data from the system random number
andre@0: ** generator.
andre@0: ** Returns the number of bytes copied into buf -- maxbytes if success
andre@0: ** or zero if error.
andre@0: ** Errors:
andre@0: **   PR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERROR   There is no system RNG on the platform.
andre@0: **   SEC_ERROR_NEED_RANDOM      The system RNG failed.
andre@0: */
andre@0: extern size_t RNG_SystemRNG(void *buf, size_t maxbytes);
andre@0: 
andre@0: SEC_END_PROTOS
andre@0: 
andre@0: #endif /* _SECRNG_H_ */