util/random.lua
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 01:00:06 +0100
branch0.11
changeset 12093 76b4e3f12b53
parent 10020 af8c514e5cf7
child 12450 e54b8a5e35ad
permissions -rw-r--r--
mod_pep: Wipe pubsub service on user deletion Data is already wiped from storage, but this ensures everything is properly unsubscribed, possibly with notifications etc. Clears recipient cache as well, since it is no longer relevant.

-- 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 bytes(n)
	local data, err = urandom:read(n);
	if not data then
		if err then
			error("Unable to retrieve data from secure random number generator (/dev/urandom): "..tostring(err));
		else
			error("Secure random number generator (/dev/urandom) returned an end-of-file condition");
		end
	end
	return data;
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 {
	bytes = bytes;
	_source = "/dev/urandom";
};