random.cpp

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//*******************************************************************
//*******************************************************************

#include "random.h"
#include <pthread.h>
#include <openssl/rand.h>
#include <assert.h>

pthread_mutex_t lock;

//*******************************************************************
//  init_random - Inititalizes the random number generator for use
//*******************************************************************

int init_random()
{
   long max_bytes = 1024;

   assert (RAND_load_file("/dev/urandom", max_bytes) == max_bytes);

   pthread_mutex_init(&lock, NULL);
   return(0);
}

//*******************************************************************
// get_random - Gets nbytes  of random data and placed it in buf.
//*******************************************************************
int get_random(void *buf, int nbytes)
{
   int err;

   pthread_mutex_lock(&lock);
   err = RAND_bytes((unsigned char *)buf, nbytes);
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock);

   return(err);
}