rclone/lib/random/random.go

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// Package random holds a few functions for working with random numbers
package random
import (
"encoding/base64"
"math/rand"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
)
// String create a random string for test purposes.
//
// Do not use these for passwords.
func String(n int) string {
const (
vowel = "aeiou"
consonant = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
digit = "0123456789"
)
pattern := []string{consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, consonant, digit}
out := make([]byte, n)
p := 0
for i := range out {
source := pattern[p]
p = (p + 1) % len(pattern)
out[i] = source[rand.Intn(len(source))]
}
return string(out)
}
// Password creates a crypto strong password which is just about
// memorable. The password is composed of printable ASCII characters
// from the base64 alphabet.
//
// Requires password strength in bits.
// 64 is just about memorable
// 128 is secure
func Password(bits int) (password string, err error) {
bytes := bits / 8
if bits%8 != 0 {
bytes++
}
var pw = make([]byte, bytes)
n, err := rand.Read(pw)
if err != nil {
return "", errors.Wrap(err, "password read failed")
}
if n != bytes {
return "", errors.Errorf("password short read: %d", n)
}
password = base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(pw)
return password, nil
}