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+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Lukas Reschke <lukas@owncloud.com>
+ * @author Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\Security;
+
+/**
+ * Class SecureRandom provides a wrapper around the random_int function to generate
+ * secure random strings. For PHP 7 the native CSPRNG is used, older versions do
+ * use a fallback.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ * \OC::$server->getSecureRandom()->generate(10);
+ *
+ * @package OCP\Security
+ * @since 8.0.0
+ */
+interface ISecureRandom {
+
+ /**
+ * Flags for characters that can be used for <code>generate($length, $characters)</code>
+ */
+ const CHAR_UPPER = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
+ const CHAR_LOWER = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
+ const CHAR_DIGITS = '0123456789';
+ const CHAR_SYMBOLS = '!\"#$%&\\\'()* +,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~';
+
+ /**
+ * Convenience method to get a low strength random number generator.
+ *
+ * Low Strength should be used anywhere that random strings are needed
+ * in a non-cryptographical setting. They are not strong enough to be
+ * used as keys or salts. They are however useful for one-time use tokens.
+ *
+ * @return $this
+ * @since 8.0.0
+ * @deprecated 9.0.0 Use \OC\Security\SecureRandom::generate directly or random_bytes() / random_int()
+ */
+ public function getLowStrengthGenerator();
+
+ /**
+ * Convenience method to get a medium strength random number generator.
+ *
+ * Medium Strength should be used for most needs of a cryptographic nature.
+ * They are strong enough to be used as keys and salts. However, they do
+ * take some time and resources to generate, so they should not be over-used
+ *
+ * @return $this
+ * @since 8.0.0
+ * @deprecated 9.0.0 Use \OC\Security\SecureRandom::generate directly or random_bytes() / random_int()
+ */
+ public function getMediumStrengthGenerator();
+
+ /**
+ * Generate a random string of specified length.
+ * @param int $length The length of the generated string
+ * @param string $characters An optional list of characters to use if no character list is
+ * specified all valid base64 characters are used.
+ * @return string
+ * @since 8.0.0
+ */
+ public function generate($length,
+ $characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/');
+
+}