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donatien 0:632c9925f013 1 /*****************************************************************************
donatien 0:632c9925f013 2 * randm.h - Random number generator header file.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 3 *
donatien 0:632c9925f013 4 * Copyright (c) 2003 by Marc Boucher, Services Informatiques (MBSI) inc.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 5 * Copyright (c) 1998 Global Election Systems Inc.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 6 *
donatien 0:632c9925f013 7 * The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
donatien 0:632c9925f013 8 * and license this software and its documentation for any purpose, provided
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donatien 0:632c9925f013 25 ******************************************************************************
donatien 0:632c9925f013 26 * REVISION HISTORY
donatien 0:632c9925f013 27 *
donatien 0:632c9925f013 28 * 03-01-01 Marc Boucher <marc@mbsi.ca>
donatien 0:632c9925f013 29 * Ported to lwIP.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 30 * 98-05-29 Guy Lancaster <glanca@gesn.com>, Global Election Systems Inc.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 31 * Extracted from avos.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 32 *****************************************************************************/
donatien 0:632c9925f013 33
donatien 0:632c9925f013 34 #ifndef RANDM_H
donatien 0:632c9925f013 35 #define RANDM_H
donatien 0:632c9925f013 36
donatien 0:632c9925f013 37 /***********************
donatien 0:632c9925f013 38 *** PUBLIC FUNCTIONS ***
donatien 0:632c9925f013 39 ***********************/
donatien 0:632c9925f013 40 /*
donatien 0:632c9925f013 41 * Initialize the random number generator.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 42 */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 43 void avRandomInit(void);
donatien 0:632c9925f013 44
donatien 0:632c9925f013 45 /*
donatien 0:632c9925f013 46 * Churn the randomness pool on a random event. Call this early and often
donatien 0:632c9925f013 47 * on random and semi-random system events to build randomness in time for
donatien 0:632c9925f013 48 * usage. For randomly timed events, pass a null pointer and a zero length
donatien 0:632c9925f013 49 * and this will use the system timer and other sources to add randomness.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 50 * If new random data is available, pass a pointer to that and it will be
donatien 0:632c9925f013 51 * included.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 52 */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 53 void avChurnRand(char *randData, u32_t randLen);
donatien 0:632c9925f013 54
donatien 0:632c9925f013 55 /*
donatien 0:632c9925f013 56 * Randomize our random seed value. To be called for truely random events
donatien 0:632c9925f013 57 * such as user operations and network traffic.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 58 */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 59 #if MD5_SUPPORT
donatien 0:632c9925f013 60 #define avRandomize() avChurnRand(NULL, 0)
donatien 0:632c9925f013 61 #else /* MD5_SUPPORT */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 62 void avRandomize(void);
donatien 0:632c9925f013 63 #endif /* MD5_SUPPORT */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 64
donatien 0:632c9925f013 65 /*
donatien 0:632c9925f013 66 * Use the random pool to generate random data. This degrades to pseudo
donatien 0:632c9925f013 67 * random when used faster than randomness is supplied using churnRand().
donatien 0:632c9925f013 68 * Thus it's important to make sure that the results of this are not
donatien 0:632c9925f013 69 * published directly because one could predict the next result to at
donatien 0:632c9925f013 70 * least some degree. Also, it's important to get a good seed before
donatien 0:632c9925f013 71 * the first use.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 72 */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 73 void avGenRand(char *buf, u32_t bufLen);
donatien 0:632c9925f013 74
donatien 0:632c9925f013 75 /*
donatien 0:632c9925f013 76 * Return a new random number.
donatien 0:632c9925f013 77 */
donatien 0:632c9925f013 78 u32_t avRandom(void);
donatien 0:632c9925f013 79
donatien 0:632c9925f013 80
donatien 0:632c9925f013 81 #endif /* RANDM_H */