<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >mcrypt_create_iv</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Manual PHP" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Mcrypt Encryption Functions" HREF="ref.mcrypt.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="mcrypt_cfb" HREF="function.mcrypt-cfb.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="mcrypt_decrypt" HREF="function.mcrypt-decrypt.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-2"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="refentry" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Manual PHP</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.mcrypt-cfb.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.mcrypt-decrypt.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><H1 ><A NAME="function.mcrypt-create-iv" ></A >mcrypt_create_iv</H1 ><DIV CLASS="refnamediv" ><A NAME="AEN55041" ></A ><P > (PHP 3>= 3.0.8, PHP 4 , PHP 5)</P >mcrypt_create_iv -- Create an initialization vector (IV) from a random source </DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN55044" ></A ><H2 >Description</H2 >string <B CLASS="methodname" >mcrypt_create_iv</B > ( int size, int source)<BR ></BR ><P > <B CLASS="function" >mcrypt_create_iv()</B > is used to create an IV. </P ><P > <B CLASS="function" >mcrypt_create_iv()</B > takes two arguments, <VAR CLASS="parameter" >size</VAR > determines the size of the IV, <VAR CLASS="parameter" >source</VAR > specifies the source of the IV. </P ><P > The source can be MCRYPT_RAND (system random number generator), MCRYPT_DEV_RANDOM (read data from /dev/random) and MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM (read data from /dev/urandom). If you use MCRYPT_RAND, make sure to call srand() before to initialize the random number generator. MCRYPT_RAND is the only one supported on Windows because Windows (of course) doesn't have /dev/random or /dev/urandom. </P ><P > <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" CLASS="EXAMPLE" ><TR ><TD ><DIV CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN55063" ></A ><P ><B >Exemplu 1. <B CLASS="function" >mcrypt_create_iv()</B > example</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" CELLPADDING="5" ><TR ><TD ><code><font color="#000000"> <font color="#0000BB"><?php<br /> $size </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#0000BB">mcrypt_get_iv_size</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">MCRYPT_CAST_256</font><font color="#007700">, </font><font color="#0000BB">MCRYPT_MODE_CFB</font><font color="#007700">);<br /> </font><font color="#0000BB">$iv </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#0000BB">mcrypt_create_iv</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">$size</font><font color="#007700">, </font><font color="#0000BB">MCRYPT_DEV_RANDOM</font><font color="#007700">);<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">?></font> </font> </code></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ><P > The IV is only meant to give an alternative seed to the encryption routines. This IV does not need to be secret at all, though it can be desirable. You even can send it along with your ciphertext without loosing security. </P ><P > More information can be found at <A HREF="http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/GLOSSARY.HTM#IV" TARGET="_top" >http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/GLOSSARY.HTM#IV</A >, <A HREF="http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/co0409.htm" TARGET="_top" >http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/co0409.htm</A > and in chapter 9.3 of Applied Cryptography by Schneier (ISBN 0-471-11709-9) for a discussion of this topic. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.mcrypt-cfb.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Acasã</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.mcrypt-decrypt.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >mcrypt_cfb</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.mcrypt.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Sus</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >mcrypt_decrypt</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >