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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c index 70285bd722fa..8de8ead79e7b 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c @@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)rand.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/14/93"; #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */ +#include <sys/time.h> /* for sranddev() */ #include <sys/types.h> +#include <fcntl.h> /* for sranddev() */ #include <stdlib.h> +#include <unistd.h> /* for sranddev() */ #ifdef TEST #include <stdio.h> @@ -101,6 +104,37 @@ u_int seed; next = seed; } + +/* + * sranddev: + * + * Many programs choose the seed value in a totally predictable manner. + * This often causes problems. We seed the generator using the much more + * secure urandom(4) interface. + */ +void +sranddev() +{ + int fd, done; + + done = 0; + fd = _open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY, 0); + if (fd >= 0) { + if (_read(fd, (void *) &next, sizeof(next)) == sizeof(next)) + done = 1; + _close(fd); + } + + if (!done) { + struct timeval tv; + unsigned long junk; + + gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); + next = getpid() ^ tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec ^ junk; + } +} + + #ifdef TEST main() |