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Diffstat (limited to 'src/random.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/random.h | 31 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h index 221545a8ef..592f36a406 100644 --- a/src/random.h +++ b/src/random.h @@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ #include <stdint.h> #include <limits> -/* Seed OpenSSL PRNG with additional entropy data */ -void RandAddSeed(); - /** - * Functions to gather random data via the OpenSSL PRNG + * Generate random data via the internal PRNG. + * + * These functions are designed to be fast (sub microsecond), but do not necessarily + * meaningfully add entropy to the PRNG state. + * + * Thread-safe. */ void GetRandBytes(unsigned char* buf, int num); uint64_t GetRand(uint64_t nMax); @@ -25,21 +27,26 @@ int GetRandInt(int nMax); uint256 GetRandHash(); /** - * Add a little bit of randomness to the output of GetStrongRangBytes. - * This sleeps for a millisecond, so should only be called when there is - * no other work to be done. + * Gather entropy from various sources, feed it into the internal PRNG, and + * generate random data using it. + * + * This function will cause failure whenever the OS RNG fails. + * + * Thread-safe. */ -void RandAddSeedSleep(); +void GetStrongRandBytes(unsigned char* buf, int num); /** - * Function to gather random data from multiple sources, failing whenever any - * of those sources fail to provide a result. + * Sleep for 1ms, gather entropy from various sources, and feed them to the PRNG state. + * + * Thread-safe. */ -void GetStrongRandBytes(unsigned char* buf, int num); +void RandAddSeedSleep(); /** * Fast randomness source. This is seeded once with secure random data, but - * is completely deterministic and insecure after that. + * is completely deterministic and does not gather more entropy after that. + * * This class is not thread-safe. */ class FastRandomContext { |