ucc::Random Class Reference

Crytographically relevant random numbers. More...

#include <secure.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static size_t	fill (unsigned char *memory, size_t size)
	Fill memory with pseudo-random values.
static int	get (int min, int max)
	Get a pseudo-random integer in a preset range.
static int	get (void)
	Get a pseudo-random integer, range 0 - 32767.
static size_t	key (unsigned char *memory, size_t size)
	Get high-entropy random data.
static double	real (double min, double max)
	Get a pseudo-random floating point value in a preset range.
static double	real (void)
	Get a pseudo-random floating point value.
static void	seed (void)
	Re-seed pseudo-random generation and entropy pools.
static bool	seed (const unsigned char *buffer, size_t size)
	Push entropic seed.
static bool	status (void)
	Determine if we have sufficient entropy to return random values.

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Detailed Description

Crytographically relevant random numbers.

This is used both to gather entropy pools and pseudo-random values.

Author:

David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>

Definition at line 436 of file secure.h.

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Member Function Documentation

static size_t ucc::Random::fill	(	unsigned char *	memory,
		size_t	size
	)			[static]

Fill memory with pseudo-random values.

This is used as the basis for all get and real operations and does not depend on seed entropy.

Parameters:

	memory	buffer to fill.
	size	of buffer to fill.

Returns:

number of bytes set.

static int ucc::Random::get	(	int	min,
		int	max
	)			[static]

Get a pseudo-random integer in a preset range.

Parameters:

	min	value of random integer.
	max	value of random integer.

Returns:

random value from min to max.

static int ucc::Random::get

(

void

)

[static]

Get a pseudo-random integer, range 0 - 32767.

Returns:

random integer.

static size_t ucc::Random::key	(	unsigned char *	memory,
		size_t	size
	)			[static]

Get high-entropy random data.

This is often used to initialize keys. This operation may block if there is insufficient entropy immediately available.

Parameters:

	memory	buffer to fill.
	size	of buffer.

Returns:

number of bytes filled.

static double ucc::Random::real	(	double	min,
		double	max
	)			[static]

Get a pseudo-random floating point value in a preset range.

Parameters:

	min	value of random floating point number.
	max	value of random floating point number.

Returns:

random value from min to max.

static double ucc::Random::real

(

void

)

[static]

Get a pseudo-random floating point value.

Returns:

psudo-random value 0 to 1.

static bool ucc::Random::seed	(	const unsigned char *	buffer,
		size_t	size
	)			[static]

Push entropic seed.

Parameters:

	buffer	of random data to push.
	size	of buffer.

Returns:

true if successful.

static bool ucc::Random::status

(

void

)

[static]

Determine if we have sufficient entropy to return random values.

Returns:

true if sufficient entropy.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• ucommon/secure.h