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-rw-r--r--src/entropy/entropy_src.h2
-rw-r--r--src/entropy/hres_timer/hres_timer.cpp18
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/entropy/entropy_src.h b/src/entropy/entropy_src.h
index e130574f4..6d70207e1 100644
--- a/src/entropy/entropy_src.h
+++ b/src/entropy/entropy_src.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL Entropy_Accumulator_BufferedComputation :
};
/**
-* Abstract interface to a source of (hopefully unpredictable) system entropy
+* Abstract interface to a source of entropy
*/
class BOTAN_DLL EntropySource
{
diff --git a/src/entropy/hres_timer/hres_timer.cpp b/src/entropy/hres_timer/hres_timer.cpp
index c6b31d996..c7a8404cf 100644
--- a/src/entropy/hres_timer/hres_timer.cpp
+++ b/src/entropy/hres_timer/hres_timer.cpp
@@ -19,21 +19,24 @@ namespace Botan {
*/
void High_Resolution_Timestamp::poll(Entropy_Accumulator& accum)
{
+ // Don't count the timestamp as contributing any entropy
+ const double ESTIMATED_ENTROPY_PER_BYTE = 0.0;
+
#if defined(BOTAN_TARGET_OS_HAS_QUERY_PERF_COUNTER)
{
LARGE_INTEGER tv;
::QueryPerformanceCounter(&tv);
- accum.add(tv.QuadPart, 0);
+ accum.add(tv.QuadPart, ESTIMATED_ENTROPY_PER_BYTE);
}
#endif
#if defined(BOTAN_TARGET_OS_HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME)
-#define CLOCK_POLL(src) \
- do { \
- struct timespec ts; \
- clock_gettime(src, &ts); \
- accum.add(&ts, sizeof(ts), 0); \
+#define CLOCK_POLL(src) \
+ do { \
+ struct timespec ts; \
+ ::clock_gettime(src, &ts); \
+ accum.add(&ts, sizeof(ts), ESTIMATED_ENTROPY_PER_BYTE); \
} while(0)
#if defined(CLOCK_REALTIME)
@@ -94,8 +97,7 @@ void High_Resolution_Timestamp::poll(Entropy_Accumulator& accum)
#endif
- // Don't count the timestamp as contributing entropy
- accum.add(rtc, 0);
+ accum.add(rtc, ESTIMATED_ENTROPY_PER_BYTE);
#endif
}