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heimdal/kadmin/random_password.c
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Roland C. Dowdeswell e3a59b65d3 kadmin: generate stronger random passwords
Generate 12 random bytes and encode them with Heimdal base64url, producing
16-character random passwords with 96 bits of entropy.

This avoids punctuation and quoting issues while still raising generated
password entropy substantially from the old roughly 55-bit generator.

Fixes #1145
2026-05-27 12:06:14 -05:00

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#include "kadmin_locl.h"
#include <base64.h>
#define RANDOM_PASSWORD_BYTES 12
void
random_password(char *pw, size_t len)
{
unsigned char random[RANDOM_PASSWORD_BYTES];
char *password = NULL;
size_t password_len;
if (len == 0)
return;
krb5_generate_random_block(random, sizeof(random));
if (rk_base64url_encode(random, sizeof(random), &password) < 0 ||
password == NULL) {
memset_s(random, sizeof(random), 0, sizeof(random));
krb5_abortx(NULL, "Failed to encode random password");
}
password_len = strlen(password);
strlcpy(pw, password, len);
memset_s(random, sizeof(random), 0, sizeof(random));
memset_s(password, password_len, 0, password_len);
free(password);
}