netwerk/base/public/nsIRandomGenerator.idl

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:39:09 +0100

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:39:09 +0100
branch
TOR_BUG_9701
changeset 8
97036ab72558
permissions
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Conditionally force memory storage according to privacy.thirdparty.isolate;
This solves Tor bug #9701, complying with disk avoidance documented in
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#disk-avoidance.

michael@0 1 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
michael@0 2 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
michael@0 3 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
michael@0 4
michael@0 5 #include "nsISupports.idl"
michael@0 6
michael@0 7 /**
michael@0 8 * Interface used to generate random data.
michael@0 9 *
michael@0 10 * @threadsafe
michael@0 11 */
michael@0 12 [scriptable, uuid(2362d97a-747a-4576-8863-697667309209)]
michael@0 13 interface nsIRandomGenerator : nsISupports {
michael@0 14 /**
michael@0 15 * Generates the specified amount of random bytes.
michael@0 16 *
michael@0 17 * @param aLength
michael@0 18 * The length of the data to generate.
michael@0 19 * @param aBuffer
michael@0 20 * A buffer that contains random bytes of size aLength.
michael@0 21 */
michael@0 22 void generateRandomBytes(in unsigned long aLength,
michael@0 23 [retval, array, size_is(aLength)] out octet aBuffer);
michael@0 24 };

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