From cf66f90e91f0485be103698c089bdb9cde9fe43f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deuce <>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:48:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Seed random number generator in the session thread, not in
the server thread. (Low entropy issue)
---
src/sbbs3/websrvr.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/websrvr.c b/src/sbbs3/websrvr.c
index aec7f091f9..02816298bf 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/websrvr.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/websrvr.c
@@ -2676,6 +2676,9 @@ void http_session_thread(void* arg)
thread_up(TRUE /* setuid */);
session.finished=FALSE;
+ srand(time(NULL)); /* Seed random number generator */
+ sbbs_random(10); /* Throw away first number */
+
if(startup->options&BBS_OPT_NO_HOST_LOOKUP)
host=NULL;
else
@@ -3047,9 +3050,6 @@ void DLLCALL web_server(void* arg)
lprintf(LOG_INFO,"Compiled %s %s with %s", __DATE__, __TIME__, compiler);
- srand(time(NULL)); /* Seed random number generator */
- sbbs_random(10); /* Throw away first number */
-
if(!winsock_startup()) {
cleanup(1);
return;
--
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