Liberations/lib/PasswordGenerator.php

<?php

/*
 * Unbiased random password generator.
 * Copyright (c) 2015, Taylor Hornby
 * All rights reserved.
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 */

class ExtremelyUnlikelyRandomnessException extends Exception {
    
}

class PasswordGenerator {

    public static function getASCIIPassword($length) {
        $printable = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
        return self::getCustomPassword(str_split($printable), $length);
    }

    public static function getAlphaNumericPassword($length) {
        $alphanum = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
        return self::getCustomPassword(str_split($alphanum), $length);
    }

    public static function getHexPassword($length) {
        $hex = "0123456789ABCDEF";
        return self::getCustomPassword(str_split($hex), $length);
    }

    /*
     * Create a random password composed of a custom character set.
     * $characterSet - An *array* of strings the password can be composed of.
     * $length - The number of random strings (in $characterSet) to include in the password.
     * Returns false on error (always check!).
     */
    public static function getCustomPassword($characterSet, $length) {
        if ($length < 1 || !is_array($characterSet))
            return false;

        $charSetLen = count($characterSet);
        if ($charSetLen == 0)
            return false;

        $random = self::getRandomInts($length * 2);
        $mask = self::getMinimalBitMask($charSetLen - 1);

        $password = "";

        // To generate the password, we repeatedly try random integers and use the ones within the range
        // 0 to $charSetLen - 1 to select an index into the character set. This is the only known way to
        // make a truly unbiased random selection from a set using random binary data.
        // A poorly implemented or malicious RNG could cause an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service.
        // We need to guarantee termination, so $iterLimit holds the number of further iterations we will allow.
        // It is extremely unlikely (about 2^-64) that more than $length*64 random ints are needed.
        $iterLimit = max($length, $length * 64);   // If length is close to PHP_INT_MAX we don't want to overflow.
        $randIdx = 0;
        while (self::safeStrlen($password) < $length) {
            if ($randIdx >= count($random)) {
                $random = self::getRandomInts(2 * ($length - strlen($password)));
                $randIdx = 0;
            }

            // This is wasteful, but RNGs are fast and doing otherwise adds complexity and bias.
            $c = $random[$randIdx++] & $mask;
            // Only use the random number if it is in range, otherwise try another (next iteration).
            if ($c < $charSetLen)
                $password .= self::sidechannel_safe_array_index($characterSet, $c);
            // FIXME: check the return value
            // Guarantee termination
            $iterLimit--;
            if ($iterLimit <= 0) {
                throw new ExtremelyUnlikelyRandomnessException("Hit iteration limit when generating password.");
            }
        }

        return $password;
    }

    // FIXME: This function needs unit tests!
    public static function getRandomInt($min_inclusive, $max_inclusive) {
        if ($min_inclusive > $max_inclusive) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException("min is greater than max.");
        }

        if ($min_inclusive == $max_inclusive) {
            return $min_inclusive;
        }

        $range = $max_inclusive - $min_inclusive;
        $mask = self::getMinimalBitMask($range);

        $random = self::getRandomInts(10);
        $randIdx = 0;

        $iterLimit = 100;
        while (1) {
            /* Replenish the random integers if we ran out. */
            if ($randIdx >= count($random)) {
                $random = self::getRandomInts(10);
                $randIdx = 0;
            }

            $offset = $random[$randIdx++] & $mask;
            if ($offset <= $range) {
                return $min_inclusive + $offset;
            }

            $iterLimit--;
            if ($iterLimit <= 0) {
                throw new ExtremelyUnlikelyRandomnessException("Hit iteration limit when generating random integer.");
            }
        }
    }

    // Returns the character at index $index in $string in constant time.
    private static function sidechannel_safe_array_index($string, $index) {
        // FIXME: Make the const-time hack below work for all integer sizes, or
        // check it properly.
        if (count($string) > 65535 || $index > count($string)) {
            return false;
        }
        $character = 0;
        for ($i = 0; $i < count($string); $i++) {
            $x = $i ^ $index;
            $mask = (((($x | ($x >> 16)) & 0xFFFF) + 0xFFFF) >> 16) - 1;
            $character |= ord($string[$i]) & $mask;
        }
        return chr($character);
    }

    // Returns the smallest bit mask of all 1s such that ($toRepresent & mask) = $toRepresent.
    // $toRepresent must be an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    private static function getMinimalBitMask($toRepresent) {
        if ($toRepresent < 1) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException("Non-positive integer passed to getMinimalBitMask.");
        }
        $mask = 0x1;
        while ($mask < $toRepresent) {
            $mask = ($mask << 1) | 1;
        }
        return $mask;
    }

    // Returns an array of $numInts random integers between 0 and PHP_INT_MAX
    public static function getRandomInts($numInts) {
        $ints = array();
        if ($numInts <= 0) {
            return $ints;
        }
        $rawBinary = mcrypt_create_iv($numInts * PHP_INT_SIZE, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
        for ($i = 0; $i < $numInts; ++$i) {
            $thisInt = 0;
            for ($j = 0; $j < PHP_INT_SIZE; ++$j) {
                $thisInt = ($thisInt << 8) | (ord($rawBinary[$i * PHP_INT_SIZE + $j]) & 0xFF);
            }
            // Absolute value in two's compliment (with min int going to zero)
            $thisInt = $thisInt & PHP_INT_MAX;
            $ints[] = $thisInt;
        }
        return $ints;
    }

    public static function safeStrlen($str) {
        if (function_exists('mb_strlen')) {
            return mb_strlen($str, '8bit');
        }
        return strlen($str);
    }

}