/* mcookie - generate a 128-bit random number (used for X "magic cookies") * * Copyright 2019 AD Isaac Dunham * * No standard. * util-linux mcookie originally found the md5sum of several files in /proc * and reported that; more recent versions use the best random number source * and find the md5sum, thus wasting entropy. * We just ask the system for 128 bits and print it. * * USE_MCOOKIE(NEWTOY(mcookie, "v(verbose)V(version)", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN)) config MCOOKIE bool "mcookie" default n help usage: mcookie [-v | -V] Generate a 128-bit random number from system sources. -f and -m are not supported; md5 sums of arbitrary files are not a good source of entropy -h show help -v show entropy source (verbose) -V show version */ #define FOR_mcookie #include "toys.h" void mcookie_main(void) { int i; if (toys.optflags & FLAG_V) { puts("mcookie from toybox"); return; } xgetrandom(toybuf, 16, 0); if (toys.optflags & FLAG_v) { fputs("Got 16 bytes from xgetrandom()\n", stderr); } for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) { sprintf(toybuf+16+2*i,"%02x", toybuf[i]); } toybuf[48] = '\0'; puts(toybuf + 16); }