ccryptolib/ccryptolib/random.lua
2024-05-19 12:24:33 -03:00

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Lua

local expect = require "cc.expect".expect
local blake3 = require "ccryptolib.blake3"
local chacha20 = require "ccryptolib.chacha20"
local util = require "ccryptolib.internal.util"
local lassert = util.lassert
-- Extract local context.
local ctx = {
"ccryptolib 2023-04-11T19:43Z random.lua initialization context",
os.epoch("utc"),
os.day(),
os.time(),
math.random(0, 2 ^ 24 - 1),
math.random(0, 2 ^ 24 - 1),
tostring({}),
tostring({}),
}
local state = blake3.digest(table.concat(ctx, "|"))
local initialized = false
--- Mixes entropy into the generator, and marks it as initialized.
--- @param seed string The seed data.
local function init(seed)
expect(1, seed, "string")
state = blake3.digestKeyed(state, seed)
initialized = true
end
--- Returns whether the generator has been initialized or not.
--- @return boolean
local function isInit()
return initialized
end
--- Initializes the generator using VM instruction timing noise.
---
--- This function counts how many instructions the VM can execute within a single
--- millisecond, and mixes the lower bits of these values into the generator state.
--- The current implementation collects data for 512 ms and takes the lower 8 bits from
--- each count.
---
--- Compared to fetching entropy from a trusted web source, this approach is riskier but
--- more convenient. The factors that influence instruction timing suggest that this
--- seed is unpredictable for other players, but this assumption might turn out to be
--- untrue.
local function initWithTiming()
assert(os.epoch("utc") ~= 0)
local f = assert(load("local e=os.epoch return{" .. ("e'utc',"):rep(256) .. "}"))
do -- Warmup.
local t = f()
while t[256] - t[1] > 1 do t = f() end
end
-- Fill up the buffer.
local buf = {}
for i = 1, 512 do
local t = f()
while t[256] == t[1] do t = f() end
for j = 1, 256 do
if t[j] ~= t[1] then
buf[i] = j - 1
break
end
end
end
-- Perform a histogram check to catch faulty os.epoch implementations.
local hist = {}
for i = 0, 255 do hist[i] = 0 end
for i = 1, #buf do hist[buf[i]] = hist[buf[i]] + 1 end
for i = 0, 255 do assert(hist[i] < 20) end
init(string.char(table.unpack(buf)))
end
--- Mixes extra entropy into the generator state.
--- @param data string The additional entropy to mix.
local function mix(data)
expect(1, data, "string")
state = blake3.digestKeyed(state, data)
end
--- Generates random bytes.
--- @param len number The desired output length.
--- @return string bytes
local function random(len)
expect(1, len, "number")
lassert(initialized, "attempt to use an uninitialized random generator", 2)
local msg = ("\0"):rep(math.max(len, 0) + 32)
local nonce = ("\0"):rep(12)
local out = chacha20.crypt(state, nonce, msg, 8, 0)
state = out:sub(1, 32)
return out:sub(33)
end
return {
init = init,
isInit = isInit,
initWithTiming = initWithTiming,
mix = mix,
random = random,
}