util/random.lua
author Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
Tue, 08 May 2018 07:11:33 +0100
changeset 8792 4ae8dd415e94
parent 8245 177873dc9cf3
child 8246 292f61d9d30a
permissions -rw-r--r--
mod_websocket: Store the request object on the session for use by other modules

-- Prosody IM
-- Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Matthew Wild
-- Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Waqas Hussain
--
-- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the
-- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
--

local ok, crand = pcall(require, "util.crand");
if ok then return crand; end

local urandom, urandom_err = io.open("/dev/urandom", "r");

local function seed()
end

local function bytes(n)
	return urandom:read(n);
end

if not urandom then
	function bytes()
		error("Unable to obtain a secure random number generator, please see https://prosody.im/doc/random ("..urandom_err..")");
	end
end

return {
	seed = seed;
	bytes = bytes;
	_source = "/dev/urandom";
};