On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 03:58:58PM -0400, Stroker wrote:
> So, I estimate it will take 80 hours to fill my drives
> via: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdb1
>
> There seems to be mixed opinions regarding the use of
> frandom or erandom.
>
> My question is, wouldn't the following command fill my
> drives with randommess? Much more quickly than urandom?
Yes. /dev/urandom is not 100% entropy, but still
cryptographically quite strong randomness, hence
relatively slow. /dev/zero is of course no entropy
at all.
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/encrypted_sdb1
>
> Perhaps change the key afterward, or even delete/rebuild
> the dm-crypt block?
You can do it wit a random key and use a new one afterwards.
Personally, I use a small tool that outputs a stream of
pseudo-radsomness generated by the mersenne twister initialized
from /dev/urandom and the final key on the device. This
is likely not information-theoretically secure, but in
practice it adds about 600 bytes of entropy/state, which
should make reversing it without the key infeasible.
I use this procedure with a random key to wipe HDDs as well.
Source attached for your convenience.
Arno
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/*
A C-program for MT19937, with initialization improved 2002/1/26.
Coded by Takuji Nishimura and Makoto Matsumoto.
Before using, initialize the state by using init_genrand(seed)
or init_by_array(init_key, key_length).
Copyright (C) 1997 - 2002, Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura,
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or promote
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"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Any feedback is very welcome.
http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html
email: m-mat @ math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (remove space)
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
/* compile with gcc -O6 mt_stream mt_stream.c */
/* Period parameters */
#define N 624
#define M 397
#define MATRIX_A 0x9908b0dfUL /* constant vector a */
#define UPPER_MASK 0x80000000UL /* most significant w-r bits */
#define LOWER_MASK 0x7fffffffUL /* least significant r bits */
static unsigned long mt[N]; /* the array for the state vector */
static int mti=N+1; /* mti==N+1 means mt[N] is not initialized */
/* initializes mt[N] with a seed */
void init_genrand(unsigned long s)
{
mt[0]= s & 0xffffffffUL;
for (mti=1; mti<N; mti++) {
mt[mti] =
(1812433253UL * (mt[mti-1] ^ (mt[mti-1] >> 30)) + mti);
/* See Knuth TAOCP Vol2. 3rd Ed. P.106 for multiplier. */
/* In the previous versions, MSBs of the seed affect */
/* only MSBs of the array mt[]. */
/* 2002/01/09 modified by Makoto Matsumoto */
mt[mti] &= 0xffffffffUL;
/* for >32 bit machines */
}
}
/* initialize by an array with array-length */
/* init_key is the array for initializing keys */
/* key_length is its length */
/* slight change for C++, 2004/2/26 */
void init_by_array(unsigned long init_key[], int key_length)
{
int i, j, k;
init_genrand(19650218UL);
i=1; j=0;
k = (N>key_length ? N : key_length);
for (; k; k--) {
mt[i] = (mt[i] ^ ((mt[i-1] ^ (mt[i-1] >> 30)) * 1664525UL))
+ init_key[j] + j; /* non linear */
mt[i] &= 0xffffffffUL; /* for WORDSIZE > 32 machines */
i++; j++;
if (i>=N) { mt[0] = mt[N-1]; i=1; }
if (j>=key_length) j=0;
}
for (k=N-1; k; k--) {
mt[i] = (mt[i] ^ ((mt[i-1] ^ (mt[i-1] >> 30)) * 1566083941UL))
- i; /* non linear */
mt[i] &= 0xffffffffUL; /* for WORDSIZE > 32 machines */
i++;
if (i>=N) { mt[0] = mt[N-1]; i=1; }
}
mt[0] = 0x80000000UL; /* MSB is 1; assuring non-zero initial array */
}
/* generates a random number on [0,0xffffffff]-interval */
unsigned long genrand_int32(void)
{
unsigned long y;
static unsigned long mag01[2]={0x0UL, MATRIX_A};
/* mag01[x] = x * MATRIX_A for x=0,1 */
if (mti >= N) { /* generate N words at one time */
int kk;
if (mti == N+1) /* if init_genrand() has not been called, */
init_genrand(5489UL); /* a default initial seed is used */
for (kk=0;kk<N-M;kk++) {
y = (mt[kk]&UPPER_MASK)|(mt[kk+1]&LOWER_MASK);
mt[kk] = mt[kk+M] ^ (y >> 1) ^ mag01[y & 0x1UL];
}
for (;kk<N-1;kk++) {
y = (mt[kk]&UPPER_MASK)|(mt[kk+1]&LOWER_MASK);
mt[kk] = mt[kk+(M-N)] ^ (y >> 1) ^ mag01[y & 0x1UL];
}
y = (mt[N-1]&UPPER_MASK)|(mt[0]&LOWER_MASK);
mt[N-1] = mt[M-1] ^ (y >> 1) ^ mag01[y & 0x1UL];
mti = 0;
}
y = mt[mti++];
/* Tempering */
y ^= (y >> 11);
y ^= (y << 7) & 0x9d2c5680UL;
y ^= (y << 15) & 0xefc60000UL;
y ^= (y >> 18);
return y;
}
/* generates a random number on [0,0x7fffffff]-interval */
long genrand_int31(void)
{
return (long)(genrand_int32()>>1);
}
/* generates a random number on [0,1]-real-interval */
double genrand_real1(void)
{
return genrand_int32()*(1.0/4294967295.0);
/* divided by 2^32-1 */
}
/* generates a random number on [0,1)-real-interval */
double genrand_real2(void)
{
return genrand_int32()*(1.0/4294967296.0);
/* divided by 2^32 */
}
/* generates a random number on (0,1)-real-interval */
double genrand_real3(void)
{
return (((double)genrand_int32()) + 0.5)*(1.0/4294967296.0);
/* divided by 2^32 */
}
/* generates a random number on [0,1) with 53-bit resolution*/
double genrand_res53(void)
{
unsigned long a=genrand_int32()>>5, b=genrand_int32()>>6;
return(a*67108864.0+b)*(1.0/9007199254740992.0);
}
/* These real versions are due to Isaku Wada, 2002/01/09 added */
const char* up = "\x1b[A"; //]
const char* down = "\n";
const char* right = "\x1b[C"; //]
int main(void)
{
// int i;
//unsigned long init[4]={0x123, 0x234, 0x345, 0x456}, length=4;
//init_by_array(init, length);
// init from /dev/urandom
long long count = 0;
unsigned long init[624];
unsigned long buf[10240];
int i, j;
unsigned long r;
int in;
ssize_t sret;
int x, y;
in = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
sret = read(in, init, 624 * sizeof(unsigned long));
if (sret != 4 * 624) {
fprintf(stderr,
"Initialisation failed. Read only %d bytes.\n",
sret);
exit(1);
}
init_by_array(init, 624);
// printf("100 outputs of genrand_int32()\n");
while(1) {
for (i=0; i < 2560; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 10240; j++) {
buf[j] = genrand_int32();
}
write(STDOUT_FILENO, &r, sizeof(buf));
//printf("%10lu ", r);
// if (i%5==4) printf("\n");
}
count++; // counts in 100MiB steps
fprintf(stderr,"%10.1fGiB\n%s", count/10.0, up);
}
return 0;
}
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