random.cpp

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/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
#include "common.hpp"

#include "random.hpp"
#include "../security/detail/openssl.hpp"

#include <boost/nondet_random.hpp>
#include <boost/random/mersenne_twister.hpp>
#include <boost/random/uniform_int_distribution.hpp>

namespace ndn {
namespace random {

// OpenSSL-based (secure) pseudo-randomness generators

uint32_t
generateSecureWord32()
{
  uint32_t random;
  generateSecureBytes(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(&random), sizeof(random));
  return random;
}

uint64_t
generateSecureWord64()
{
  uint64_t random;
  generateSecureBytes(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(&random), sizeof(random));
  return random;
}

void
generateSecureBytes(uint8_t* bytes, size_t size)
{
  if (RAND_bytes(bytes, size) != 1) {
    BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::runtime_error("Failed to generate random bytes (error code " +
                                             std::to_string(ERR_get_error()) + ")"));
  }
}

// Boost.Random-based (simple) random generators

static boost::random::mt19937&
getRandomGenerator()
{
  static boost::random_device randomSeedGenerator;
  static boost::random::mt19937 gen(randomSeedGenerator);

  return gen;
}

uint32_t
generateWord32()
{
  static boost::random::uniform_int_distribution<uint32_t> distribution;
  return distribution(getRandomGenerator());
}

uint64_t
generateWord64()
{
  static boost::random::uniform_int_distribution<uint64_t> distribution;
  return distribution(getRandomGenerator());
}


} // namespace random
} // namespace ndn