/*
* RandomGUID
* @version 1.2.1 11/05/02
* @author Marc A. Mnich
*
* From www.JavaExchange.com, Open Software licensing
*
* 11/05/02 -- Performance enhancement from Mike Dubman.
* Moved InetAddr.getLocal to static block. Mike has measured
* a 10 fold improvement in run time.
* 01/29/02 -- Bug fix: Improper seeding of nonsecure Random object
* caused duplicate GUIDs to be produced. Random object
* is now only created once per JVM.
* 01/19/02 -- Modified random seeding and added new constructor
* to allow secure random feature.
* 01/14/02 -- Added random function seeding with JVM run time
*
*/importjava.net.*;importjava.util.*;importjava.security.*;/*
* In the multitude of java GUID generators, I found none that
* guaranteed randomness. GUIDs are guaranteed to be globally unique
* by using ethernet MACs, IP addresses, time elements, and sequential
* numbers. GUIDs are not expected to be random and most often are
* easy/possible to guess given a sample from a given generator.
* SQL Server, for example generates GUID that are unique but
* sequencial within a given instance.
*
* GUIDs can be used as security devices to hide things such as
* files within a filesystem where listings are unavailable (e.g. files
* that are served up from a Web server with indexing turned off).
* This may be desireable in cases where standard authentication is not
* appropriate. In this scenario, the RandomGUIDs are used as directories.
* Another example is the use of GUIDs for primary keys in a database
* where you want to ensure that the keys are secret. Random GUIDs can
* then be used in a URL to prevent hackers (or users) from accessing
* records by guessing or simply by incrementing sequential numbers.
*
* There are many other possiblities of using GUIDs in the realm of
* security and encryption where the element of randomness is important.
* This class was written for these purposes but can also be used as a
* general purpose GUID generator as well.
*
* RandomGUID generates truly random GUIDs by using the system's
* IP address (name/IP), system time in milliseconds (as an integer),
* and a very large random number joined together in a single String
* that is passed through an MD5 hash. The IP address and system time
* make the MD5 seed globally unique and the random number guarantees
* that the generated GUIDs will have no discernable pattern and
* cannot be guessed given any number of previously generated GUIDs.
* It is generally not possible to access the seed information (IP, time,
* random number) from the resulting GUIDs as the MD5 hash algorithm
* provides one way encryption.
*
* ----> Security of RandomGUID:
* RandomGUID can be called one of two ways -- with the basic java Random
* number generator or a cryptographically strong random generator
* (SecureRandom). The choice is offered because the secure random
* generator takes about 3.5 times longer to generate its random numbers
* and this performance hit may not be worth the added security
* especially considering the basic generator is seeded with a
* cryptographically strong random seed.
*
* Seeding the basic generator in this way effectively decouples
* the random numbers from the time component making it virtually impossible
* to predict the random number component even if one had absolute knowledge
* of the System time. Thanks to Ashutosh Narhari for the suggestion
* of using the static method to prime the basic random generator.
*
* Using the secure random option, this class compies with the statistical
* random number generator tests specified in FIPS 140-2, Security
* Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, secition 4.9.1.
*
* I converted all the pieces of the seed to a String before handing
* it over to the MD5 hash so that you could print it out to make
* sure it contains the data you expect to see and to give a nice
* warm fuzzy. If you need better performance, you may want to stick
* to byte[] arrays.
*
* I believe that it is important that the algorithm for
* generating random GUIDs be open for inspection and modification.
* This class is free for all uses.
*
*
* - Marc
*/publicclassRandomGUIDextendsObject
{ public String valueBeforeMD5 =""; public String valueAfterMD5 =""; private static Random myRand; private static SecureRandom mySecureRand; private static String s_id; /*
* Static block to take care of one time secureRandom seed.
* It takes a few seconds to initialize SecureRandom. You might
* want to consider removing this static block or replacing
* it with a "time since first loaded" seed to reduce this time.
* This block will run only once per JVM instance.
*/ static {
mySecureRand = new SecureRandom(); long secureInitializer = mySecureRand.nextLong();
myRand = new Random(secureInitializer); try {
s_id = InetAddress.getLocalHost().toString();
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} /*
* Default constructor. With no specification of security option,
* this constructor defaults to lower security, high performance.
*/ public RandomGUID() {
getRandomGUID(false);
} /*
* Constructor with security option. Setting secure true
* enables each random number generated to be cryptographically
* strong. Secure false defaults to the standard Random function seeded
* with a single cryptographically strong random number.
*/ public RandomGUID(booleansecure) {
getRandomGUID(secure);
} /*
* Method to generate the random GUID
*/ private void getRandomGUID(booleansecure) {
MessageDigest md5 = null;
StringBuffer sbValueBeforeMD5 = new StringBuffer(); try {
md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
System.out.println("Error: "+ e);
} try { long time = System.currentTimeMillis(); long rand = 0; if (secure) {
rand = mySecureRand.nextLong();
} else {
rand = myRand.nextLong();
} // This StringBuffer can be a long as you need; the MD5 // hash will always return 128 bits. You can change // the seed to include anything you want here. // You could even stream a file through the MD5 making // the odds of guessing it at least as great as that // of guessing the contents of the file!sbValueBeforeMD5.append(s_id);
sbValueBeforeMD5.append(":");
sbValueBeforeMD5.append(Long.toString(time));
sbValueBeforeMD5.append(":");
sbValueBeforeMD5.append(Long.toString(rand));
valueBeforeMD5 = sbValueBeforeMD5.toString();
md5.update(valueBeforeMD5.getBytes()); byte[] array = md5.digest();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); for (intj =0;
j < array.length; ++j) { int b = array[j] & 0xFF; if (b < 0x10) sb.append('0');
sb.append(Integer.toHexString(b));
}
valueAfterMD5 = sb.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error:"+ e);
}
} /*
* Convert to the standard format for GUID
* (Useful for SQL Server UniqueIdentifiers, etc.)
* Example: C2FEEEAC-CFCD-11D1-8B05-00600806D9B6
*/ public String toString() {
String raw = valueAfterMD5.toUpperCase();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
sb.append(raw.substring(0,8));
sb.append("-");
sb.append(raw.substring(8,12));
sb.append("-");
sb.append(raw.substring(12,16));
sb.append("-");
sb.append(raw.substring(16,20));
sb.append("-");
sb.append(raw.substring(20)); return sb.toString();
} /*
* Demonstraton and self test of class
*/ public static void main(String args[]) { for (inti=0;
i<100; i++) {
RandomGUID myGUID = new RandomGUID();
System.out.println("Seeding String="+ myGUID.valueBeforeMD5);
System.out.println("rawGUID="+ myGUID.valueAfterMD5);
System.out.println("RandomGUID="+ myGUID.toString());
}
}