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From 45c34e04c2018d839be71371bee594bc4794de2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:16:37 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH 067/187] lib:util: Add generate_nonce_buffer()
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Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
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Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
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(cherry picked from commit 70ff216935acc099b762b527033b6191ba3307d0)
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---
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 lib/util/genrand.c | 12 ++++++++++--
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 lib/util/genrand.h | 11 +++++++++++
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 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/lib/util/genrand.c b/lib/util/genrand.c
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index 55997c3dd55..76c2cb81962 100644
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--- a/lib/util/genrand.c
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+++ b/lib/util/genrand.c
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@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
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 #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
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 #include <gnutls/crypto.h>
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-/* TODO: Add API for generating nonce or use gnutls_rnd directly everywhere. */
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-
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 _PUBLIC_ void generate_random_buffer(uint8_t *out, int len)
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 {
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 	/* Thread and fork safe random number generator for temporary keys. */
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@@ -42,3 +40,13 @@ _PUBLIC_ void generate_secret_buffer(uint8_t *out, int len)
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 	/* Thread and fork safe random number generator for long term keys. */
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 	gnutls_rnd(GNUTLS_RND_KEY, out, len);
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 }
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+
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+_PUBLIC_ void generate_nonce_buffer(uint8_t *out, int len)
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+{
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+	/*
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+	 * The nonce generator will reseed after outputting a fixed amount of
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+	 * bytes (typically few megabytes), or after few hours of operation
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+	 * without reaching the limit has passed.
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+	 */
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+	gnutls_rnd(GNUTLS_RND_NONCE, out, len);
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+}
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diff --git a/lib/util/genrand.h b/lib/util/genrand.h
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index 899ce8badc0..5af23100596 100644
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--- a/lib/util/genrand.h
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+++ b/lib/util/genrand.h
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@@ -28,3 +28,14 @@ void generate_random_buffer(uint8_t *out, int len);
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  * Thread and fork safe random number generator for long term keys.
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  */
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 void generate_secret_buffer(uint8_t *out, int len);
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+
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+/**
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+ * @brief Generate random values for a nonce buffer.
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+ *
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+ * This is also known as initialization vector.
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+ *
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+ * @param[in]  out  A pointer to the buffer to fill with random data.
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+ *
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+ * @param[in]  len  The size of the buffer to fill.
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+ */
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+void generate_nonce_buffer(uint8_t *out, int len);
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-- 
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2.23.0
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