+static uint64_t byte_budget(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher) {
+ /* Hopefully some failsafe way to calculate the maximum amount of bytes to
+ send/receive with a given cipher before we might run into birthday paradox
+ attacks. Because we might use different modes, the block size of the mode
+ might be 1 byte. In that case, use the IV length. Ensure the whole thing
+ is limited to what can be represented with a 64 bits integer.
+ */
+
+ int ivlen = EVP_CIPHER_iv_length(cipher);
+ int blklen = EVP_CIPHER_block_size(cipher);
+ int len = blklen > 1 ? blklen : ivlen > 1 ? ivlen : 8;
+ int bits = len * 4 - 1;
+ return bits < 64 ? UINT64_C(1) << bits : UINT64_MAX;
+}
+