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34 #include "kadmin_locl.h"
36 /* This file defines some a function that generates a random password,
37 that can be used when creating a large amount of principals (such
38 as for a batch of students). Since this is a political matter, you
39 should think about how secure generated passwords has to be.
41 Both methods defined here will give you at least 55 bits of
42 entropy.
45 /* If you want OTP-style passwords, define OTP_STYLE */
47 #ifdef OTP_STYLE
48 #include <otp.h>
49 #else
50 static void generate_password(char **pw, int num_classes, ...);
51 #endif
53 void
54 random_password(char *pw, size_t len)
56 #ifdef OTP_STYLE
58 OtpKey newkey;
60 krb5_generate_random_block(&newkey, sizeof(newkey));
61 otp_print_stddict (newkey, pw, len);
62 strlwr(pw);
64 #else
65 char *pass;
66 generate_password(&pass, 3,
67 "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 7,
68 "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", 2,
69 "@$%&*()-+=:,/<>1234567890", 1);
70 strlcpy(pw, pass, len);
71 memset(pass, 0, strlen(pass));
72 free(pass);
73 #endif
76 /* some helper functions */
78 #ifndef OTP_STYLE
79 /* return a random value in range 0-127 */
80 static int
81 RND(unsigned char *key, int keylen, int *left)
83 if(*left == 0){
84 krb5_generate_random_block(key, keylen);
85 *left = keylen;
87 (*left)--;
88 return ((unsigned char*)key)[*left];
91 /* This a helper function that generates a random password with a
92 number of characters from a set of character classes.
94 If there are n classes, and the size of each class is Pi, and the
95 number of characters from each class is Ni, the number of possible
96 passwords are (given that the character classes are disjoint):
98 n n
99 ----- / ---- \
100 | | Ni | \ |
101 | | Pi | \ Ni| !
102 | | ---- * | / |
103 | | Ni! | /___ |
104 i=1 \ i=1 /
106 Since it uses the RND function above, neither the size of each
107 class, nor the total length of the generated password should be
108 larger than 127 (without fixing RND).
111 static void
112 generate_password(char **pw, int num_classes, ...)
114 struct {
115 const char *str;
116 int len;
117 int freq;
118 } *classes;
119 va_list ap;
120 int len, i;
121 unsigned char rbuf[8]; /* random buffer */
122 int rleft = 0;
124 *pw = NULL;
126 classes = malloc(num_classes * sizeof(*classes));
127 if(classes == NULL)
128 return;
129 va_start(ap, num_classes);
130 len = 0;
131 for(i = 0; i < num_classes; i++){
132 classes[i].str = va_arg(ap, const char*);
133 classes[i].len = strlen(classes[i].str);
134 classes[i].freq = va_arg(ap, int);
135 len += classes[i].freq;
137 va_end(ap);
138 *pw = malloc(len + 1);
139 if(*pw == NULL) {
140 free(classes);
141 return;
143 for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
144 int j;
145 int x = RND(rbuf, sizeof(rbuf), &rleft) % (len - i);
146 int t = 0;
147 for(j = 0; j < num_classes; j++) {
148 if(x < t + classes[j].freq) {
149 (*pw)[i] = classes[j].str[RND(rbuf, sizeof(rbuf), &rleft)
150 % classes[j].len];
151 classes[j].freq--;
152 break;
154 t += classes[j].freq;
157 (*pw)[len] = '\0';
158 memset(rbuf, 0, sizeof(rbuf));
159 free(classes);
161 #endif