busybox/libbb/crypt_make_salt.c

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/*
 * crypt_make_salt
 *
 * i64c was also put here, this is the only function that uses it.
 *
 * Lifted from loginutils/passwd.c by Thomas Lundquist <thomasez@zelow.no>
 *
 */

#include "libbb.h"

static int i64c(int i)
{
	i &= 0x3f;
	if (i == 0)
		return '.';
	if (i == 1)
		return '/';
	if (i < 12)
		return ('0' - 2 + i);
	if (i < 38)
		return ('A' - 12 + i);
	return ('a' - 38 + i);
}

int crypt_make_salt(char *p, int cnt, int x)
{
	x += getpid() + time(NULL);
	do {
		/* x = (x*1664525 + 1013904223) % 2^32 generator is lame
		 * (low-order bit is not "random", etc...),
		 * but for our purposes it is good enough */
		x = x*1664525 + 1013904223;
		/* BTW, Park and Miller's "minimal standard generator" is
		 * x = x*16807 % ((2^31)-1)
		 * It has no problem with visibly alternating lowest bit
		 * but is also weak in cryptographic sense + needs div,
		 * which needs more code (and slower) on many CPUs */
		*p++ = i64c(x >> 16);
		*p++ = i64c(x >> 22);
	} while (--cnt);
	*p = '\0';
	return x;
}