package randentropy import ( crand "crypto/rand" "encoding/binary" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/sha3" "io" "os" "strings" "time" ) var Reader io.Reader = &randEntropy{} type randEntropy struct { } func (*randEntropy) Read(bytes []byte) (n int, err error) { readBytes := GetEntropyMixed(len(bytes)) copy(bytes, readBytes) return len(bytes), nil } // TODO: copied from crypto.go , move to sha3 package? func Sha3(data []byte) []byte { d := sha3.NewKeccak256() d.Write(data) return d.Sum(nil) } // TODO: verify. this needs to be audited // we start with crypt/rand, then XOR in additional entropy from OS func GetEntropyMixed(n int) []byte { startTime := time.Now().UnixNano() // for each source, we take SHA3 of the source and use it as seed to math/rand // then read bytes from it and XOR them onto the bytes read from crypto/rand mainBuff := GetEntropyCSPRNG(n) // 1. OS entropy sources startTimeBytes := make([]byte, 32) binary.PutVarint(startTimeBytes, startTime) startTimeHash := Sha3(startTimeBytes) mixBytes(mainBuff, startTimeHash) pid := os.Getpid() pidBytes := make([]byte, 32) binary.PutUvarint(pidBytes, uint64(pid)) pidHash := Sha3(pidBytes) mixBytes(mainBuff, pidHash) osEnv := os.Environ() osEnvBytes := []byte(strings.Join(osEnv, "")) osEnvHash := Sha3(osEnvBytes) mixBytes(mainBuff, osEnvHash) // not all OS have hostname in env variables osHostName, err := os.Hostname() if err != nil { osHostNameBytes := []byte(osHostName) osHostNameHash := Sha3(osHostNameBytes) mixBytes(mainBuff, osHostNameHash) } return mainBuff } func GetEntropyCSPRNG(n int) []byte { mainBuff := make([]byte, n) _, err := io.ReadFull(crand.Reader, mainBuff) if err != nil { panic("reading from crypto/rand failed: " + err.Error()) } return mainBuff } func mixBytes(buff []byte, mixBuff []byte) []byte { bytesToMix := len(buff) if bytesToMix > 32 { bytesToMix = 32 } for i := 0; i < bytesToMix; i++ { buff[i] ^= mixBuff[i] } return buff }