/* yarrow256.c * * The yarrow pseudo-randomness generator. */ /* nettle, low-level cryptographics library * * Copyright (C) 2001 Niels Möller * * The nettle library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your * option) any later version. * * The nettle library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public * License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with the nettle library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, * MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #if HAVE_CONFIG_H # include "config.h" #endif #include #include #include #include "yarrow.h" #include "macros.h" #ifndef YARROW_DEBUG #define YARROW_DEBUG 0 #endif #if YARROW_DEBUG #include #endif /* Parameters */ /* An upper limit on the entropy (in bits) in one octet of sample * data. */ #define YARROW_MULTIPLIER 4 /* Entropy threshold for reseeding from the fast pool */ #define YARROW_FAST_THRESHOLD 100 /* Entropy threshold for reseeding from the fast pool */ #define YARROW_SLOW_THRESHOLD 160 /* Number of sources that must exceed the threshold for slow reseed */ #define YARROW_SLOW_K 2 /* The number of iterations when reseeding, P_t in the yarrow paper. * Should be chosen so that reseeding takes on the order of 0.1-1 * seconds. */ #define YARROW_RESEED_ITERATIONS 1500 /* Entropy estimates sticks to this value, it is treated as infinity * in calculations. It should fit comfortably in an uint32_t, to avoid * overflows. */ #define YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY 0x100000 /* Forward declarations */ static void yarrow_gate(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx); void yarrow256_init(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx, unsigned n, struct yarrow_source *s) { unsigned i; sha256_init(&ctx->pools[0]); sha256_init(&ctx->pools[1]); ctx->seeded = 0; /* Not strictly necessary, but it makes it easier to see if the * values are sane. */ memset(ctx->counter, 0, sizeof(ctx->counter)); ctx->nsources = n; ctx->sources = s; for (i = 0; isources[i].estimate[YARROW_FAST] = 0; ctx->sources[i].estimate[YARROW_SLOW] = 0; ctx->sources[i].next = YARROW_FAST; } } void yarrow256_seed(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx, unsigned length, const uint8_t *seed_file) { assert(length > 0); sha256_update(&ctx->pools[YARROW_FAST], length, seed_file); yarrow256_fast_reseed(ctx); } /* FIXME: Generalize so that it generates a few more blocks at a * time. */ static void yarrow_generate_block(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx, uint8_t *block) { unsigned i; aes_encrypt(&ctx->key, sizeof(ctx->counter), block, ctx->counter); /* Increment counter, treating it as a big-endian number. This is * machine independent, and follows appendix B of the NIST * specification of cipher modes of operation. * * We could keep a representation of the counter as 4 32-bit values, * and write entire words (in big-endian byteorder) into the counter * block, whenever they change. */ for (i = sizeof(ctx->counter); i--; ) { if (++ctx->counter[i]) break; } } static void yarrow_iterate(uint8_t *digest) { uint8_t v0[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE]; unsigned i; memcpy(v0, digest, SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE); /* When hashed inside the loop, i should run from 1 to * YARROW_RESEED_ITERATIONS */ for (i = 0; ++i < YARROW_RESEED_ITERATIONS; ) { uint8_t count[4]; struct sha256_ctx hash; sha256_init(&hash); /* Hash v_i | v_0 | i */ WRITE_UINT32(count, i); sha256_update(&hash, SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE, digest); sha256_update(&hash, sizeof(v0), v0); sha256_update(&hash, sizeof(count), count); sha256_digest(&hash, SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE, digest); } } /* NOTE: The SHA-256 digest size equals the AES key size, so we need * no "size adaptor". */ void yarrow256_fast_reseed(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx) { uint8_t digest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE]; unsigned i; #if YARROW_DEBUG fprintf(stderr, "yarrow256_fast_reseed\n"); #endif /* We feed two block of output using the current key into the pool * before emptying it. */ if (ctx->seeded) { uint8_t blocks[AES_BLOCK_SIZE * 2]; yarrow_generate_block(ctx, blocks); yarrow_generate_block(ctx, blocks + AES_BLOCK_SIZE); sha256_update(&ctx->pools[YARROW_FAST], sizeof(blocks), blocks); } sha256_digest(&ctx->pools[YARROW_FAST], sizeof(digest), digest); /* Iterate */ yarrow_iterate(digest); aes_set_encrypt_key(&ctx->key, sizeof(digest), digest); ctx->seeded = 1; /* Derive new counter value */ memset(ctx->counter, 0, sizeof(ctx->counter)); aes_encrypt(&ctx->key, sizeof(ctx->counter), ctx->counter, ctx->counter); /* Reset estimates. */ for (i = 0; insources; i++) ctx->sources[i].estimate[YARROW_FAST] = 0; } void yarrow256_slow_reseed(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx) { uint8_t digest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE]; unsigned i; #if YARROW_DEBUG fprintf(stderr, "yarrow256_slow_reseed\n"); #endif /* Get digest of the slow pool*/ sha256_digest(&ctx->pools[YARROW_SLOW], sizeof(digest), digest); /* Feed it into the fast pool */ sha256_update(&ctx->pools[YARROW_FAST], sizeof(digest), digest); yarrow256_fast_reseed(ctx); /* Reset estimates. */ for (i = 0; insources; i++) ctx->sources[i].estimate[YARROW_SLOW] = 0; } int yarrow256_update(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx, unsigned source_index, unsigned entropy, unsigned length, const uint8_t *data) { enum yarrow_pool_id current; struct yarrow_source *source; assert(source_index < ctx->nsources); if (!length) /* Nothing happens */ return 0; source = &ctx->sources[source_index]; if (!ctx->seeded) /* While seeding, use the slow pool */ current = YARROW_SLOW; else { current = source->next; source->next = !source->next; } sha256_update(&ctx->pools[current], length, data); /* NOTE: We should be careful to avoid overflows in the estimates. */ if (source->estimate[current] < YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY) { if (entropy > YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY) entropy = YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY; if ( (length < (YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY / YARROW_MULTIPLIER)) && (entropy > YARROW_MULTIPLIER * length) ) entropy = YARROW_MULTIPLIER * length; entropy += source->estimate[current]; if (entropy > YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY) entropy = YARROW_MAX_ENTROPY; source->estimate[current] = entropy; } /* Check for seed/reseed */ switch(current) { case YARROW_FAST: #if YARROW_DEBUG fprintf(stderr, "yarrow256_update: source_index = %d,\n" " fast pool estimate = %d\n", source_index, source->estimate[YARROW_FAST]); #endif if (source->estimate[YARROW_FAST] >= YARROW_FAST_THRESHOLD) { yarrow256_fast_reseed(ctx); return 1; } else return 0; case YARROW_SLOW: { if (!yarrow256_needed_sources(ctx)) { yarrow256_slow_reseed(ctx); return 1; } else return 0; } default: abort(); } } static void yarrow_gate(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx) { uint8_t key[AES_MAX_KEY_SIZE]; unsigned i; for (i = 0; i < sizeof(key); i+= AES_BLOCK_SIZE) yarrow_generate_block(ctx, key + i); aes_set_encrypt_key(&ctx->key, sizeof(key), key); } void yarrow256_random(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx, unsigned length, uint8_t *dst) { assert(ctx->seeded); while (length >= AES_BLOCK_SIZE) { yarrow_generate_block(ctx, dst); dst += AES_BLOCK_SIZE; length -= AES_BLOCK_SIZE; } if (length) { uint8_t buffer[AES_BLOCK_SIZE]; assert(length < AES_BLOCK_SIZE); yarrow_generate_block(ctx, buffer); memcpy(dst, buffer, length); } yarrow_gate(ctx); } int yarrow256_is_seeded(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx) { return ctx->seeded; } unsigned yarrow256_needed_sources(struct yarrow256_ctx *ctx) { /* FIXME: This is somewhat inefficient. It would be better to * either maintain the count, or do this loop only if the * current source just crossed the threshold. */ unsigned k, i; for (i = k = 0; i < ctx->nsources; i++) if (ctx->sources[i].estimate[YARROW_SLOW] >= YARROW_SLOW_THRESHOLD) k++; #if YARROW_DEBUG fprintf(stderr, "yarrow256_needed_sources: source_index = %d,\n" " slow pool estimate = %d,\n" " number of sources above threshold = %d\n", source_index, source->estimate[YARROW_SLOW], k); #endif return (k < YARROW_SLOW_K) ? (YARROW_SLOW_K - k) : 0; }