src/util/random.cpp

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

#include <random>

namespace ndn {
namespace random {

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 " +
                                             to_string(ERR_get_error()) + ")"));
  }
}

static std::mt19937&
getRandomGenerator()
{
  static std::mt19937 rng{std::random_device{}()};
  return rng;
}

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

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

} // namespace random
} // namespace ndn