# = Secure random number generator interface.
# This library is an interface for secure random number generator which is
# suitable for generating session key in HTTP cookies, etc.
# It supports following secure random number generators.
# # random hexadecimal string.
# p SecureRandom.hex(10) #=> "52750b30ffbc7de3b362"
# p SecureRandom.hex(10) #=> "92b15d6c8dc4beb5f559"
# p SecureRandom.hex(11) #=> "6aca1b5c58e4863e6b81b8"
# p SecureRandom.hex(12) #=> "94b2fff3e7fd9b9c391a2306"
# p SecureRandom.hex(13) #=> "39b290146bea6ce975c37cfc23"
# # random base64 string.
# p SecureRandom.base64(10) #=> "EcmTPZwWRAozdA=="
# p SecureRandom.base64(10) #=> "9b0nsevdwNuM/w=="
# p SecureRandom.base64(10) #=> "KO1nIU+p9DKxGg=="
# p SecureRandom.base64(11) #=> "l7XEiFja+8EKEtY="
# p SecureRandom.base64(12) #=> "7kJSM/MzBJI+75j8"
# p SecureRandom.base64(13) #=> "vKLJ0tXBHqQOuIcSIg=="
# # random binary string.
# p SecureRandom.random_bytes(10) #=> "\016\t{\370g\310pbr\301"
# p SecureRandom.random_bytes(10) #=> "\323U\030TO\234\357\020\a\337"
# SecureRandom.random_bytes generates a random binary string.
# The argument n specifies the length of the result string.
# If n is not specified, 16 is assumed.
# It may be larger in future.
# If secure random number generator is not available,
# NotImplementedError is raised.
def self.random_bytes(n=nil)
if defined? OpenSSL::Random
@pid = 0 if !defined?(@pid)
ary = [now.to_i, now.usec, @pid, pid]
OpenSSL::Random.seed(ary.join('.'))
return OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(n)
if !defined?(@has_urandom) || @has_urandom
flags |= File::NONBLOCK if defined? File::NONBLOCK
flags |= File::NOCTTY if defined? File::NOCTTY
flags |= File::NOFOLLOW if defined? File::NOFOLLOW
File.open("/dev/urandom", flags) {|f|
raise NotImplementedError, "Unexpected partial read from random device"
raise NotImplementedError, "No random device"
raise NotImplementedError, "No random device"
# SecureRandom.hex generates a random hex string.
# The argument n specifies the length of the random length.
# The length of the result string is twice of n.
# If n is not specified, 16 is assumed.
# It may be larger in future.
# If secure random number generator is not available,
# NotImplementedError is raised.
random_bytes(n).unpack("H*")[0]
# SecureRandom.base64 generates a random base64 string.
# The argument n specifies the length of the random length.
# The length of the result string is about 4/3 of n.
# If n is not specified, 16 is assumed.
# It may be larger in future.
# If secure random number generator is not available,
# NotImplementedError is raised.
[random_bytes(n)].pack("m*").delete("\n")
# SecureRandom.random_number generates a random number.
# If an positive integer is given as n,
# SecureRandom.random_number returns an integer:
# 0 <= SecureRandom.random_number(n) < n.
# If 0 is given or an argument is not given,
# SecureRandom.random_number returns an float:
# 0.0 <= SecureRandom.random_number() < 1.0.
def self.random_number(n=0)
hex = '0' + hex if (hex.length & 1) == 1
rnd = SecureRandom.random_bytes(bin.length)
rnd[0] = (rnd[0] & mask).chr
# assumption: Float::MANT_DIG <= 64
i64 = SecureRandom.random_bytes(8).unpack("Q")[0]
Math.ldexp(i64 >> (64-Float::MANT_DIG), -Float::MANT_DIG)