1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/zorglub/session.rb b/lib/zorglub/session.rb
index 583b142..157c786 100644
--- a/lib/zorglub/session.rb
+++ b/lib/zorglub/session.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,40 @@ module Zorglub
             @instance[idx] = v
         end
         #
+        def generate_sid
+            begin sid = sid_algorithm end while Session.kls.sid_exists? sid
+            sid
+        end
+        #
+        begin
+            require 'securerandom'
+            # Using SecureRandom, optional length.
+            # SecureRandom is available since Ruby 1.8.7.
+            # For Ruby versions earlier than that, you can require the uuidtools gem,
+            # which has a drop-in replacement for SecureRandom.
+            def sid_algorithm; SecureRandom.hex(Session.sid_length); end
+        rescue LoadError
+            require 'openssl'
+            # Using OpenSSL::Random for generation, this is comparable in performance
+            # with stdlib SecureRandom and also allows for optional length, it should
+            # have the same behaviour as the SecureRandom::hex method of the
+            # uuidtools gem.
+            def sid_algorithm
+                OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(Session.sid_length / 2).unpack('H*')[0]
+            end
+        rescue LoadError
+            # Digest::SHA2::hexdigest produces a string of length 64, although
+            # collisions are not very likely, the entropy is still very low and
+            # length is not optional.
+            #
+            # Replacing it with OS-provided random data would take a lot of code and
+            # won't be as cross-platform as Ruby.
+            def sid_algorithm
+                entropy = [ srand, rand, Time.now.to_f, rand, $$, rand, object_id ]
+                Digest::SHA2.hexdigest(entropy.join)
+            end
+        end
+        #
     end
     #
 end