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util.id: Adjust entropy levels, with rationales Modules using ids for logging should not need the now pretty large medium one.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:14:55 +0100
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1 -- Prosody IM
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2 -- Copyright (C) 2008-2017 Matthew Wild
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3 -- Copyright (C) 2008-2017 Waqas Hussain
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4 -- Copyright (C) 2008-2017 Kim Alvefur
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5 --
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6 -- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the
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7 -- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
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8 --
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10 local s_gsub = string.gsub;
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11 local random_bytes = require "util.random".bytes;
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12 local base64_encode = require "util.encodings".base64.encode;
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14 local b64url = { ["+"] = "-", ["/"] = "_", ["="] = "" };
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15 local function b64url_random(len)
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16 return (s_gsub(base64_encode(random_bytes(len)), "[+/=]", b64url));
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17 end
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19 return {
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20 -- sizes divisible by 3 fit nicely into base64 without padding==
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22 -- close to 8 bytes, should be good enough for relatively short lived or uses
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23 -- scoped by host or users, half the size of an uuid
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24 short = function() return b64url_random(9); end;
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26 -- more entropy than uuid at 2/3 the size
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27 -- should be okay for globally scoped ids or security token
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28 medium = function() return b64url_random(18); end;
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30 -- as long as an uuid but MOAR entropy
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31 long = function() return b64url_random(27); end;
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33 -- pick your own adventure
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34 custom = function (size)
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35 return function () return b64url_random(size); end;
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36 end;
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37 }