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# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
# Copyright 2014 IBM Corporation
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
# Various utility functions that do not neatly fit into one category or another
import base64
import os
import struct
def randomstring(length=20):
"""Generate a random string of requested length
:param length: The number of characters to produce, defaults to 20
"""
chunksize = length / 4
if length % 4 > 0:
chunksize += 1
strval = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(chunksize * 3))
return strval[0:length-1]
def securerandomnumber(low=0, high=4294967295):
"""Return a random number within requested range
Note that this function will not return smaller than 0 nor larger
than 2^32-1 no matter what is requested.
The python random number facility does not provide characteristics
appropriate for secure rng, go to os.urandom
:param low: Smallest number to return (defaults to 0)
:param high: largest number to return (defaults to 2^32-1)
"""
number = -1
while number < low or number > high:
number = struct.unpack("I", os.urandom(4))[0]
return number
def monotonic_time():
"""Return a monotoc time value
In scenarios like timeouts and such, monotonic timing is preferred.
"""
# for now, just support POSIX systems
return os.times()[4]