2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/md5calc.c b/src/common/md5calc.c
index d6a38b865..2178739d6 100644
--- a/src/common/md5calc.c
+++ b/src/common/md5calc.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "md5calc.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #ifndef UINT_MAX
 #define UINT_MAX 4294967295U
@@ -227,3 +228,12 @@ void MD5_String(const char * string, char * output)
 		digest[ 8], digest[ 9], digest[10], digest[11],
 		digest[12], digest[13], digest[14], digest[15]);
 }
+
+/** output is a sequence of non-zero characters to be used as password salt. */
+void MD5_Salt(unsigned int len, char * output)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	for( i = 0; i < len; ++i )
+		output[i] = (char)(1 + rand() % 255);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/common/md5calc.h b/src/common/md5calc.h
index e35e64219..323affa2c 100644
--- a/src/common/md5calc.h
+++ b/src/common/md5calc.h
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 
 void MD5_String(const char * string, char * output);
 void MD5_Binary(const char * string, unsigned char * output);
+void MD5_Salt(unsigned int len, char * output);
 
 #endif /* _MD5CALC_H_ */