Cryptographic PRNGs

Why

This respository is a way for me to learn how to implement a CSPRNG in various languages. No doubt, many languages come with access to a CSPRNG already, such as window.crypt.getRandomValues() in JavaScript or os.urandom() in Python. Regardless, learning how to implement your own CSPRNG correctly, can be a good way to learn cryptographic primitives, some pitfalls of cryptography, and overall, just learn the syntax and oddities of new languages.

How

This repository looks at three different ways to build a CSPRNG:

• Using block ciphers
• Using stream ciphers
• Using hash functions

Each algorithm will be implemented in various languages. First, I am familiar with Python and JavaScript, so those will be implemented first. Other languages to follow.

What

Each CSPRNG prints a random number in either decimal or raw binary form. The range is dependent on the cryptographic primitive. Typically, it is [0, 2^128), or [0, 2^160);

Cryptographic primitives currently used are:

• AES-128-EBC
• Rijndael-128-EBC
• SHA-1
• RC4

When

A possible use for each CSPRNG is for secure password generation. For example, consider the following script that prints 80-bit entropy passwords:

$ for P in $(find -name '*_counter.*' -o -name 'ansi_x9.17.*'); do
> $P -b -k a1e46t2S70ZTurYaghs5/w -n 1000 | strings | \
> grep -o '[a-hjkmnp-z2-9.]' | head -n 16 | tr -d '\n'; echo " (from $P)"
> done
3.87yf3tq3vqexrk (from ./stream/perl/ansi_x9.17.pl)
2r7a6ctyf78z2h5z (from ./stream/perl/rc4_counter.pl)
5778mkt2p.djgys5 (from ./stream/javascript/rc4_counter.js)
a75fnfe58r3m3zby (from ./stream/javascript/ansi_x9.17.js)
2kr65.m.5racgy8m (from ./stream/python/ansi_x9.17.py)
whv.xxud5y.7.zd9 (from ./stream/python/rc4_counter.py)
kfm868p947w95fsk (from ./hash/perl/ansi_x9.17.pl)
6xhe36xt47p392g2 (from ./hash/perl/sha1_counter.pl)
t537p8uu6pkv9hcr (from ./hash/javascript/sha1_counter.js)
d8ujrmt6jbf3dyjk (from ./hash/javascript/ansi_x9.17.js)
ncmnygcbt4qdpt23 (from ./hash/python/sha1_counter.py)
x3wn7qcnw5evm2r2 (from ./hash/python/ansi_x9.17.py)
m87q4ny749n2apc5 (from ./block/perl/ansi_x9.17.pl)
8249cn5q.pbpahw4 (from ./block/perl/aes_counter.pl)
k4rfb9djwu8hfbr8 (from ./block/javascript/aes_counter.js)
c4r87.mnbf6932ax (from ./block/javascript/ansi_x9.17.js)
ekxuuu6q6k7emaem (from ./block/python/ansi_x9.17.py)
8yv4schdnshdgkut (from ./block/python/aes_counter.py)

License

Unless otherwise stated, every implementation will not be licensed, but instead released under the public domain.