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(MODULES-1715) Add FQDN-based random string generator#405

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@elyscape elyscape commented Jan 27, 2015

As requested in MODULES-1715, this PR provides fqdn_rand_string(), which generates random alphanumeric strings of the desired length. It also provides fqdn_rand_base64(), which generates random base64 strings of the desired length.

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elyscape commented Jan 29, 2015

As a side note, the performance of these (especially fqdn_rand_string()) could be improved by bringing the contents of fqdn_rand() and, more importantly, Puppet::Util.deterministic_rand() inline, as that would allow reuse of the same random generator for successive characters/integers, but that would decrease maintainability and I wasn't sure if the tradeoff was worth it. If you think that it would be a worthwhile change, let me know and I'll make it happen.

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elyscape commented Feb 2, 2015

I have added acceptance tests for the new functions. Let me know if I should squash some/all of these commits.

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elyscape commented Feb 2, 2015

It occurred to me that I didn't document the functions in the README, so I fixed that. I squashed it into the first commit and squashed the two test commits together as well.

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elyscape commented Feb 10, 2015

The test failures are due to the release of rspec 3.2.0, which breaks some things.

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elyscape commented Feb 12, 2015

Rebased onto master, so tests should pass soon.

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elyscape commented Feb 12, 2015

I went ahead and squashed this down into one commit.

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hunner commented Feb 19, 2015

I can see random numbers and strings... but why base64?

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elyscape commented Feb 19, 2015

Among other things, it can be used to generate password salts. The POSIX spec says that the valid character set for password hash salts is a slightly-modified base64 (+ replaced with .).

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daenney commented Mar 5, 2015

But now you're asking us to include a base64 implementation which cannot be used for the salts according to the POSIX spec. You're countering your own point here.

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hunner commented Mar 5, 2015

I'd actually rather have fqdn_rand_string() take an argument of the character set from which to generate a random string, then base64, or base64 with . instead of +, or random UTF-8 emoticons... etc. Something generic.

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elyscape commented Mar 5, 2015

Good points. I'll modify fqdn_rand_string() to accept a charset as a string.

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elyscape commented Mar 5, 2015

Custom character sets added. Pinging @daenney and @hunner for review. If the review is positive, I'll squash it down.

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elyscape commented Apr 1, 2015

Rebased onto master and squashed. Pinging @daenney and @hunner for review.

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Merge pull request #405 from elyscape/feature/fqdn_rand_strings
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(MODULES-1715) Add FQDN-based random string generator
@hunner hunner merged commit 8fba5c0 into puppetlabs:master Apr 9, 2015
@elyscape elyscape deleted the feature/fqdn_rand_strings branch April 9, 2015 17:59
cmurphy pushed a commit to cmurphy/puppetlabs-stdlib that referenced this pull request Apr 10, 2015
Fix acceptance tests for puppetlabs#405
6731f1a 
This fixes the acceptance tests by:
 - Ensuring the fqdn_rand spec is passed undef as the second parameter
   so that the seed is not used as the charset
 - Ensuring the pw_hash spec is passed the key specifying the type of
   hash, rather than the value that will be used to generate the
   password
 - Removing the fqdn_rand_base64 test because there is no such function
cmurphy pushed a commit to cmurphy/puppetlabs-stdlib that referenced this pull request Apr 10, 2015
Fix acceptance tests for puppetlabs#405
65116da 
This fixes the acceptance tests by:
 - Ensuring the fqdn_rand_string spec is passed undef as the second
   parameter so that the seed is not used as the charset
 - Ensuring the pw_hash spec is passed the key specifying the type of
   hash, rather than the value that will be used to generate the
   password
 - Expecting puppet to report nil instead of empty string for undef
   passwords
 - Removing the fqdn_rand_base64 test because there is no such function
bmjen added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 10, 2015
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Merge pull request #433 from cmurphy/fix_acceptance
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Fix acceptance tests for #405
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