pwgen.h

/*
  pwgen.h - interface to platform-independent password generation
  (c) 2004-2005 Zeljko Vrba <zvrba@globalnet.hr>

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#ifndef PWGEN_H__
#define PWGEN_H__

/**
 * @file
 * This defines the interface to platform-independent secure password
 * generation routines.
 */

/**
 * Generate passphrase by the 'diceware' method: a number of words selected
 * from a fixed list.
 *
 * @param	random_state
 * @param	number_of_words
 * @param	is_enhanced		If non-0, generates an enhanced passhprase.
 * @param	get_word		Pointer to the 'get word' function.
 * @param	dictionary_size	Number of words in the dictionary.
 * @param	random_buffer	Buffer into which to generate random numbers.
 * @param	password_buffer	Buffer to output passphrase to.
 *
 * @note	rndbuf and pwbuf are provided so that all sensitive output can
 * 			be put into the secure memory, if available. There are no sizes
 * 			specified, but generally rndbuf should have at least 64 bytes,
 * 			and pwbuf at least 512 bytes.
 *
 * @return	Estimated password entropy.
 */
float pwgen_diceware(
		struct SRNG_st	*random_state,
		unsigned int 	number_of_words,
		int 			is_enhanced,
		const char *	(*get_word)(unsigned int),
		unsigned int 	dictionary_size,
		unsigned int 	*random_buffer,
		char 			*password_buffer);

/**
 * Generate a raw random passphrase of n bits encoded into base64.
 *
 * @param	random_state	Random state.
 * @param	number_of_bits	Number of bits.
 * @param	random_buffer	Buffer into which to generate random numbers.
 * @param	password_buffer	Buffer to output passphrase to.
 *
 * @todo	Use our own base64 encoder so we don't have to use mlockall()
 * 			and OpenSSL.
 *
 * @return	Estimated password entropy.
 */
float pwgen_raw(
		struct SRNG_st *random_state,
		unsigned int number_of_bits,
		unsigned int *random_buffer,
		char *password_buffer);

/**
 * Generate a raw random passphrase of n bits encoded by koremutake encoding
 * into a pronouncable word.
 *
 * @param	random_state	Random state.
 * @param	number_of_bits	Number of bits.
 * @param	random_buffer	Buffer into which to generate random numbers.
 * @param	password_buffer	Buffer to output passphrase to.
 *
 * @todo	Use our own base64 encoder so we don't have to use mlockall()
 * 			and OpenSSL.
 *
 * @return	Estimated password entropy.
 */
float pwgen_koremutake(
		struct SRNG_st *random_state,
		unsigned int number_of_bits,
		unsigned int *random_buffer,
		char *password_buffer);

/** Allowable character classes for pwgen_ascii. */
enum character_classes {
	chr_alphanumeric = 1,
	chr_dec_digits = 2,
	chr_hex_digits = 4,
	chr_special = 8,
	chr_syllables = 16
};

/**
 * Generate alphanumeric password generated from various 'classes'.
 *
 * @param	random_state			Random state.
 * @param	number_of_components	Number of components.
 * @param	character_classes		Bit-set of allowed character classes.
 * @param	random_buffer			Buffer into which to generate random
 * 									numbers.
 * @param	password_buffer			Buffer to output passphrase to.
 *
 * @see		character_classes.
 *
 * @return	Estimated password entropy.
 */
float pwgen_ascii(
		struct SRNG_st *random_state,
		unsigned int number_of_components,
		unsigned int character_classes,
		unsigned int *random_buffer,
		char *password_buffer);

#endif	/* PWGEN_H__ */