From 77e2dc76d32e79c5f8cb14566789d4f66fe10c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:04:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add early_random_seed

---
 panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.cxx | 8 ++++++++
 panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.h   | 2 ++
 panda/src/downloader/httpClient.cxx        | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.cxx
index ba5ca4045a..1dd81ce5f7 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.cxx
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ const float extractor_frequency =
 const int patcher_buffer_size =
         config_downloader.GetInt("patcher-buffer-size", 4096);
 
+// Configure this true (the default) to compute the SSL random seed
+// early on in the application (specifically, when the first
+// HTTPClient is created), or false to defer this until it is actually
+// needed, causing a delay the first time a https connection is
+// attempted.
+const bool early_random_seed =
+config_downloader.GetBool("early-random-seed", 1);
+
 ConfigureFn(config_downloader) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
   HTTPDocument::init_type();
diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.h b/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.h
index cc7ead0126..c2c93878e9 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.h
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/config_downloader.h
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ extern const float extractor_frequency;
 
 extern const int patcher_buffer_size;
 
+extern const bool early_random_seed;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/httpClient.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/httpClient.cxx
index eb91bcadf8..39d4405007 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/httpClient.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/httpClient.cxx
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ initialize_ssl() {
 
   // Call RAND_status() here to force the random number generator to
   // initialize early.
-  RAND_status();
+  if (early_random_seed) {
+    RAND_status();
+  }
 
   _ssl_initialized = true;
 }