From 0a1267d335938783c825d35c57b3ec1335017db5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza Saleem <h.saleem@supraoracles.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:13:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updated RNG seed

---
 src/Utils.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index 8b96174..2bf8e7f 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -57,14 +57,19 @@ void randseed (RandGen &randgen)
 void randseed (csprng& RNG)
   {
 
-    std::random_device rd;
-    std::uniform_int_distribution<unsigned char> dist(0, 255);
-    char random_data[128];
-    for (unsigned long int i = 0; i < sizeof(random_data); i++) {
-        random_data[i] = static_cast<char>(dist(rd));
-    }
-
-    octet RAW = {0, sizeof(random_data), random_data};
+    int i;
+    unsigned long ran;
+    char raw[100];
+    octet RAW = {0, sizeof(raw), raw};
+
+    time((time_t *)&ran);
+
+    RAW.len = 100;              // fake random seed source
+    RAW.val[0] = ran;
+    RAW.val[1] = ran >> 8;
+    RAW.val[2] = ran >> 16;
+    RAW.val[3] = ran >> 24;
+    for (i = 4; i < 100; i++) RAW.val[i] = i;
 
     CREATE_CSPRNG(&RNG, &RAW);  // initialise strong RNG
   }
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