- (djm) [openbsd-compat/bsd-arc4random.c] Discard early keystream, like OpenBSD

   ok dtucker@

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/openbsd-compat/bsd-arc4random.c b/openbsd-compat/bsd-arc4random.c
index 22003ff0a..5284e1af8 100644
--- a/openbsd-compat/bsd-arc4random.c
+++ b/openbsd-compat/bsd-arc4random.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
-RCSID("$Id: bsd-arc4random.c,v 1.8 2004/02/17 05:49:55 djm Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: bsd-arc4random.c,v 1.9 2004/07/18 23:30:40 djm Exp $");
 
 #ifndef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
 
@@ -56,13 +56,21 @@ unsigned int arc4random(void)
 void arc4random_stir(void)
 {
         unsigned char rand_buf[SEED_SIZE];
+        int i;
 
         memset(&rc4, 0, sizeof(rc4));
         if (RAND_bytes(rand_buf, sizeof(rand_buf)) <= 0)
                 fatal("Couldn't obtain random bytes (error %ld)",
                     ERR_get_error());
         RC4_set_key(&rc4, sizeof(rand_buf), rand_buf);
-        RC4(&rc4, sizeof(rand_buf), rand_buf, rand_buf);
+
+        /*
+         * Discard early keystream, as per recommendations in:
+         * http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itsik/RC4/Papers/Rc4_ksa.ps
+         */
+        for(i = 0; i <= 256; i += sizeof(rand_buf))
+                RC4(&rc4, sizeof(rand_buf), rand_buf, rand_buf);
+
         memset(rand_buf, 0, sizeof(rand_buf));
 
         rc4_ready = REKEY_BYTES;