nextcloud/lib/public/security/isecurerandom.php

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<?php
/**
* Copyright (c) 2014 Lukas Reschke <lukas@owncloud.com>
* This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
* later.
* See the COPYING-README file.
*/
namespace OCP\Security;
/**
* Class SecureRandom provides a layer around RandomLib to generate
* secure random numbers.
*
* Usage:
* $rng = new \OC\Security\SecureRandom();
* $randomString = $rng->getMediumStrengthGenerator()->generateString(30);
*
* @package OCP\Security
*/
interface ISecureRandom {
/**
* Convenience method to get a low strength random number generator.
*
* Low Strength should be used anywhere that random strings are needed
* in a non-cryptographical setting. They are not strong enough to be
* used as keys or salts. They are however useful for one-time use tokens.
*
* @return $this
*/
public function getLowStrengthGenerator();
/**
* Convenience method to get a medium strength random number generator.
*
* Medium Strength should be used for most needs of a cryptographic nature.
* They are strong enough to be used as keys and salts. However, they do
* take some time and resources to generate, so they should not be over-used
*
* @return $this
*/
public function getMediumStrengthGenerator();
/**
* Generate a random string of specified length.
* @param string $length The length of the generated string
* @param string $characters An optional list of characters to use
* @return string
* @throws \Exception
*/
public function generate($length, $characters = '');
}