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Diffstat (limited to 'cipher/random.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | cipher/random.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cipher/random.c b/cipher/random.c index d80b870b4..78c9ecdaa 100644 --- a/cipher/random.c +++ b/cipher/random.c @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ #include <sys/resource.h> #endif #include "g10lib.h" -#include "util.h" #include "rmd.h" #include "ttyio.h" #include "random.h" @@ -463,14 +462,20 @@ gather_faked( void (*add)(const void*, size_t, int), int requester, if( !initialized ) { log_info(_("WARNING: using insecure random number generator!!\n")); + /* we can't use tty_printf here - do we need this function at + all - does it really make sense or canit be viewed as a potential + security problem ? wk 17.11.99 */ + #warning Extended warning disabled + #if 0 tty_printf(_("The random number generator is only a kludge to let\n" "it run - it is in no way a strong RNG!\n\n" "DON'T USE ANY DATA GENERATED BY THIS PROGRAM!!\n\n")); + #endif initialized=1; #ifdef HAVE_RAND - srand(make_timestamp()*getpid()); + srand( time(NULL) * getpid()); #else - srandom(make_timestamp()*getpid()); + srandom( time(NULL) * getpid()); #endif } |