tools/reorder/rseed.c

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 /*
michael@0 6
michael@0 7 A program that reads /dev/random to produce a seed for srand(3).
michael@0 8
michael@0 9 */
michael@0 10
michael@0 11 #include <stdio.h>
michael@0 12 #include <fcntl.h>
michael@0 13
michael@0 14 int
michael@0 15 main(int argc, char *argv[])
michael@0 16 {
michael@0 17 int fd, ok, seed = 0;
michael@0 18
michael@0 19 fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
michael@0 20 if (fd < 0) {
michael@0 21 perror("/dev/random");
michael@0 22 return 1;
michael@0 23 }
michael@0 24
michael@0 25 ok = read(fd, &seed, sizeof seed);
michael@0 26 if (ok > 0)
michael@0 27 printf("%d\n", seed);
michael@0 28 else
michael@0 29 perror("/dev/random");
michael@0 30
michael@0 31 close(fd);
michael@0 32 return 0;
michael@0 33 }

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