github.com/keybase/client/go@v0.0.0-20240309051027-028f7c731f8b/updater/util/rand.go (about)

     1  // Copyright 2015 Keybase, Inc. All rights reserved. Use of
     2  // this source code is governed by the included BSD license.
     3  
     4  package util
     5  
     6  import (
     7  	"crypto/rand"
     8  	"encoding/base32"
     9  	"strings"
    10  )
    11  
    12  var randRead = rand.Read
    13  
    14  // RandomID returns random ID (base32) string with prefix, using 256 bits as
    15  // recommended by tptacek: https://gist.github.com/tqbf/be58d2d39690c3b366ad
    16  func RandomID(prefix string) (string, error) {
    17  	buf, err := RandBytes(32)
    18  	if err != nil {
    19  		return "", err
    20  	}
    21  	str := base32.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(buf)
    22  	str = strings.ReplaceAll(str, "=", "")
    23  	str = prefix + str
    24  	return str, nil
    25  }
    26  
    27  // RandBytes returns random bytes of length
    28  func RandBytes(length int) ([]byte, error) {
    29  	buf := make([]byte, length)
    30  	if _, err := randRead(buf); err != nil {
    31  		return nil, err
    32  	}
    33  	return buf, nil
    34  }