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util/random.lua @ 9340:368b092bf4bf

mod_storage_memory: Fix saving of remaining items during deletion All data is compiled into functions that return new copies in order to prevent mutation of stored data. This has downsides. Also an ugly hack.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:03:50 +0200
parent 8243:292f61d9d30a
child 10014:5d2f7144fa12
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-- Prosody IM
-- Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Matthew Wild
-- Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Waqas Hussain
--
-- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the
-- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
--

local ok, crand = pcall(require, "util.crand");
if ok then return crand; end

local urandom, urandom_err = io.open("/dev/urandom", "r");

local function bytes(n)
	return urandom:read(n);
end

if not urandom then
	function bytes()
		error("Unable to obtain a secure random number generator, please see https://prosody.im/doc/random ("..urandom_err..")");
	end
end

return {
	bytes = bytes;
	_source = "/dev/urandom";
};