--- a/util/random.lua Wed Jan 06 03:28:31 2016 +0100
+++ b/util/random.lua Wed Jan 06 03:28:56 2016 +0100
@@ -6,35 +6,15 @@
-- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
--
-local tostring = tostring;
-local os_time = os.time;
-local os_clock = os.clock;
-local ceil = math.ceil;
-local H = require "util.hashes".sha512;
-
-local last_uniq_time = 0;
-local function uniq_time()
- local new_uniq_time = os_time();
- if last_uniq_time >= new_uniq_time then new_uniq_time = last_uniq_time + 1; end
- last_uniq_time = new_uniq_time;
- return new_uniq_time;
-end
-
-local function new_random(x)
- return H(x..os_clock()..tostring({}));
-end
-
-local buffer = new_random(uniq_time());
+local urandom = assert(io.open("/dev/urandom", "r+"));
local function seed(x)
- buffer = new_random(buffer..x);
+ urandom:write(x);
+ urandom:flush();
end
local function bytes(n)
- if #buffer < n+4 then seed(uniq_time()); end
- local r = buffer:sub(1, n);
- buffer = buffer:sub(n+1);
- return r;
+ return urandom:read(n);
end
return {