/* yarrow_key_event.c * * Exampel entropy estimator for key-like input events. */ /* nettle, low-level cryptographics library * * Copyright (C) 2001 Niels Möller * * The nettle library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your * option) any later version. * * The nettle library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public * License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with the nettle library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, * MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #include "yarrow.h" void yarrow_key_event_init(struct yarrow_key_event_ctx *ctx) { unsigned i; ctx->index = 0; ctx->previous = 0; for (i = 0; i < YARROW_KEY_EVENT_BUFFER; i++) ctx->chars[i] = 0; } unsigned yarrow_key_event_estimate(struct yarrow_key_event_ctx *ctx, unsigned key, unsigned time) { unsigned entropy = 0; unsigned i; /* Look at timing first. */ if (ctx->previous && (time > ctx->previous) ) { if ( (time - ctx->previous) >= 256) entropy++; } ctx->previous = time; if (!key) return entropy; for (i = 0; i < YARROW_KEY_EVENT_BUFFER; i++) if (key == ctx->chars[i]) /* This is a recent character. Ignore it. */ return entropy; /* Count one bit of entropy, unless this was one of the initial 16 * characters. */ if (ctx->chars[ctx->index]) entropy++; /* Remember the character. */ ctx->chars[ctx->index] = key; ctx->index = (ctx->index + 1) % YARROW_KEY_EVENT_BUFFER; return entropy; }