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common_good_rand was _not_ a "good rand", only hex

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0-F isn't random enough to be called rand, so we rename the function
to avoid confusion with something that is actually good at random.
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Mikael Nordfeldth 2013-10-21 13:09:40 +02:00
parent df5aa6f93a
commit db5df642ba
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@ -1550,15 +1550,25 @@ function common_root_url($ssl=false)
/**
* returns $bytes bytes of random data as a hexadecimal string
* "good" here is a goal and not a guarantee
*
* TODO: Find and replace all calls to this with common_random_hexstr
*/
function common_good_rand($bytes)
{
// XXX: use random.org...?
if (@file_exists('/dev/urandom')) {
return common_urandom($bytes);
} else { // FIXME: this is probably not good enough
return common_mtrand($bytes);
return common_random_hexstr($bytes);
}
function common_random_hexstr($bytes)
{
$str = @file_exists('/dev/urandom')
? common_urandom($bytes)
: common_mtrand($bytes);
$hexstr = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $bytes; $i++) {
$hexstr .= sprintf("%02x", ord($str{$i}));
}
return $hexstr;
}
function common_urandom($bytes)
@ -1567,20 +1577,16 @@ function common_urandom($bytes)
// should not block
$src = fread($h, $bytes);
fclose($h);
$enc = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $bytes; $i++) {
$enc .= sprintf("%02x", (ord($src[$i])));
}
return $enc;
return $src;
}
function common_mtrand($bytes)
{
$enc = '';
$str = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $bytes; $i++) {
$enc .= sprintf("%02x", mt_rand(0, 255));
$str .= chr(mt_rand(0, 255));
}
return $enc;
return $str;
}
/**