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+package secp256k1
+
+import (
+ crand "crypto/rand"
+ "io"
+ mrand "math/rand"
+ "os"
+ "strings"
+ "time"
+)
+
+/*
+Note:
+
+- On windows cryto/rand uses CrytoGenRandom which uses RC4 which is insecure
+- Android random number generator is known to be insecure.
+- Linux uses /dev/urandom , which is thought to be secure and uses entropy pool
+
+Therefore the output is salted.
+*/
+
+//finalizer from MurmerHash3
+func mmh3f(key uint64) uint64 {
+ key ^= key >> 33
+ key *= 0xff51afd7ed558ccd
+ key ^= key >> 33
+ key *= 0xc4ceb9fe1a85ec53
+ key ^= key >> 33
+ return key
+}
+
+//knuth hash
+func knuth_hash(in []byte) uint64 {
+ var acc uint64 = 3074457345618258791
+ for i := 0; i < len(in); i++ {
+ acc += uint64(in[i])
+ acc *= 3074457345618258799
+ }
+ return acc
+}
+
+var _rand *mrand.Rand
+
+func init() {
+ var seed1 uint64 = mmh3f(uint64(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+ var seed2 uint64 = knuth_hash([]byte(strings.Join(os.Environ(), "")))
+ var seed3 uint64 = mmh3f(uint64(os.Getpid()))
+
+ _rand = mrand.New(mrand.NewSource(int64(seed1 ^ seed2 ^ seed3)))
+}
+
+func saltByte(buff []byte) []byte {
+ for i := 0; i < len(buff); i++ {
+ var v uint64 = uint64(_rand.Int63())
+ var b byte
+ for j := 0; j < 8; j++ {
+ b ^= byte(v & 0xff)
+ v = v >> 8
+ }
+ buff[i] = b
+ }
+ return buff
+}
+
+//On Unix-like systems, Reader reads from /dev/urandom.
+//On Windows systems, Reader uses the CryptGenRandom API.
+
+//use entropy pool etc and cryptographic random number generator
+//mix in time
+//mix in mix in cpu cycle count
+func RandByte(n int) []byte {
+ buff := make([]byte, n)
+ ret, err := io.ReadFull(crand.Reader, buff)
+ if len(buff) != ret || err != nil {
+ return nil
+ }
+
+ buff2 := RandByteWeakCrypto(n)
+ for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+ buff[i] ^= buff2[2]
+ }
+ return buff
+}
+
+/*
+ On Unix-like systems, Reader reads from /dev/urandom.
+ On Windows systems, Reader uses the CryptGenRandom API.
+*/
+func RandByteWeakCrypto(n int) []byte {
+ buff := make([]byte, n)
+ ret, err := io.ReadFull(crand.Reader, buff)
+ if len(buff) != ret || err != nil {
+ return nil
+ }
+ return buff
+}