gen_seqnum.c   [plain text]

/*
 * lib/krb5/krb/gen_seqnum.c
 *
 * Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 * All Rights Reserved.
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 * M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of
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 * or implied warranty.
 * 
 *
 * Routine to automatically generate a starting sequence number.
 * We do this by getting a random key and encrypting something with it,
 * then taking the output and slicing it up.
 */

#include "k5-int.h"

#ifndef MIN
#define MIN(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
#endif

krb5_error_code
krb5_generate_seq_number(krb5_context context, const krb5_keyblock *key, krb5_ui_4 *seqno)
{
    krb5_data seed;
    krb5_error_code retval;

    seed.length = key->length;
    seed.data = key->contents;
    if ((retval = krb5_c_random_add_entropy(context, KRB5_C_RANDSOURCE_TRUSTEDPARTY, &seed)))
	return(retval);

    seed.length = sizeof(*seqno);
    seed.data = (char *) seqno;
    retval = krb5_c_random_make_octets(context, &seed);
    if (retval)
	return retval;
    /*
     * Work around implementation incompatibilities by not generating
     * initial sequence numbers greater than 2^30.  Previous MIT
     * implementations use signed sequence numbers, so initial
     * sequence numbers 2^31 to 2^32-1 inclusive will be rejected.
     * Letting the maximum initial sequence number be 2^30-1 allows
     * for about 2^30 messages to be sent before wrapping into
     * "negative" numbers.
     */
    *seqno &= 0x3fffffff;
    if (*seqno == 0)
	*seqno = 1;
    return 0;
}