random_bytes: Use /dev/urandom only, don't bother trying /dev/random

Also abort() if there's no /dev/urandom

See http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/ for details.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/unix.c b/unix.c
index e1ebb19d..7be82509 100644
--- a/unix.c
+++ b/unix.c
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
  	otr_init();
 #endif
 	
-	srand( time( NULL ) ^ getpid() );
-	
 	global.helpfile = g_strdup( HELP_FILE );
 	if( help_init( &global.help, global.helpfile ) == NULL )
 		log_message( LOGLVL_WARNING, "Error opening helpfile %s.", HELP_FILE );