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+/*************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Elichai Turkel                                *
+ * Distributed under the CC0 software license, see the accompanying file *
+ * EXAMPLES_COPYING or https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 *
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * This file is an attempt at collecting best practice methods for obtaining randomness with different operating systems.
+ * It may be out-of-date. Consult the documentation of the operating system before considering to use the methods below.
+ *
+ * Platform randomness sources:
+ * Linux   -> `getrandom(2)`(`sys/random.h`), if not available `/dev/urandom` should be used. http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrandom.2.html, https://linux.die.net/man/4/urandom
+ * macOS   -> `getentropy(2)`(`sys/random.h`), if not available `/dev/urandom` should be used. https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/2/getentropy, https://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-517.12.7/bsd/man/man4/random.4.auto.html
+ * FreeBSD -> `getrandom(2)`(`sys/random.h`), if not available `kern.arandom` should be used. https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getrandom, https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4
+ * OpenBSD -> `getentropy(2)`(`unistd.h`), if not available `/dev/urandom` should be used. https://man.openbsd.org/getentropy, https://man.openbsd.org/urandom
+ * Windows -> `BCryptGenRandom`(`bcrypt.h`). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/bcrypt/nf-bcrypt-bcryptgenrandom
+ */
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <ntstatus.h>
+#include <bcrypt.h>
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#include <unistd.h>
+#else
+#error "Couldn't identify the OS"
+#endif
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+/* Returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure. */
+static int fill_random(unsigned char* data, size_t size) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    NTSTATUS res = BCryptGenRandom(NULL, data, size, BCRYPT_USE_SYSTEM_PREFERRED_RNG);
+    if (res != STATUS_SUCCESS || size > ULONG_MAX) {
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        return 1;
+    }
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    /* If `getrandom(2)` is not available you should fallback to /dev/urandom */
+    ssize_t res = getrandom(data, size, 0);
+    if (res < 0 || (size_t)res != size ) {
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        return 1;
+    }
+#elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
+    /* If `getentropy(2)` is not available you should fallback to either
+     * `SecRandomCopyBytes` or /dev/urandom */
+    int res = getentropy(data, size);
+    if (res == 0) {
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+#endif
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void print_hex(unsigned char* data, size_t size) {
+    size_t i;
+    printf("0x");
+    for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        printf("%02x", data[i]);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+}