Re: unify entropy source for all php related functions

Hi Pierre, On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > There are a lot of additions and discussions about entropy source and > (P)RNG lately. > > PHP already has a ini setting to define a strong entropy source for > the session module, which defaults to urandom or arandom. > > I would like to create two settings to unify the entropy source > accross php functions. That includes mcrypt, new password APIs, > session, LCG, etc. > > Something along this line: > > random.entropy_strong_source (/dev/(u|a)random etc.) > random.entropy_crypto_source (/dev/random etc.) > +1 for unify. BTW, it sound more natural if names are random.entropy_crypto_source (/dev/(u|a)random etc.) random.entropy_strong_source (/dev/random etc.) I feels like 'strong' > 'crypto' with this naming. > I am not willing to propose new RNG functions or extensions for 5.6 as > we have way too little time to actually discuss its design and APIs. > However having these settings unified and documented would be a good > step forward already. > Although, I really would like to have one, it's not much issue for me, but a issue for average users ;) This is possible implementation. https://github.com/yohgaki/php-src/compare/PHP-5.6-rfc-random_bytes It's not perfect yet, though. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net