hres_timer.h

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/*
* High Resolution Timestamp Entropy Source
* (C) 1999-2009 Jack Lloyd
*
* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
*/
 
#ifndef BOTAN_ENTROPY_SRC_HRES_TIMER_H__
#define BOTAN_ENTROPY_SRC_HRES_TIMER_H__
 
#include <botan/entropy_src.h>
 
namespace Botan {
 
/**
* Entropy source using high resolution timers
*
* @note Any results from timers are marked as not contributing entropy
* to the poll, as a local attacker could observe them directly.
*/
class High_Resolution_Timestamp : public EntropySource
   {
   public:
      std::string name() const { return "High Resolution Timestamp"; }
      void poll(Entropy_Accumulator& accum);
   };
 
}
 
#endif