So the OpenSSL codebase does "get the time, add it as a random seed"

in a bunch of places inside the TLS engine, to try to keep entropy high.
I wonder if their moto is "If you can't solve a problem, at least try
to do it badly".
ok miod

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libssl/s3_clnt.c b/src/lib/libssl/s3_clnt.c
index b9ca6b6f9b..4ad8d3943e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libssl/s3_clnt.c
+++ b/src/lib/libssl/s3_clnt.c
@@ -186,12 +186,10 @@ int
 ssl3_connect(SSL *s)
 {
         BUF_MEM *buf = NULL;
-        unsigned long Time = (unsigned long)time(NULL);
         void (*cb)(const SSL *ssl, int type, int val) = NULL;
         int ret = -1;
         int new_state, state, skip = 0;
 
-        RAND_add(&Time, sizeof(Time), 0);
         ERR_clear_error();
         errno = 0;