rdpgw/cmd/rdpgw/security/string.go

package security

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"math/big"
)

// GenerateRandomBytes returns securely generated random bytes.
// It will return an error if the system's secure random
// number generator fails to function correctly, in which
// case the caller should not continue.
func GenerateRandomBytes(n int) ([]byte, error) {
	b := make([]byte, n)
	_, err := rand.Read(b)
	// Note that err == nil only if we read len(b) bytes.
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return b, nil
}

// GenerateRandomString returns a securely generated random string.
// It will return an error if the system's secure random
// number generator fails to function correctly, in which
// case the caller should not continue.
func GenerateRandomString(n int) (string, error) {
	const letters = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-"
	ret := make([]byte, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		num, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(len(letters))))
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		ret[i] = letters[num.Int64()]
	}

	return string(ret), nil
}