--- socketmodule.c      Thu Mar 29 13:23:47 2001
+++ /afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr10/geek/socketmodule.c       Thu Apr  5 14:08:51 2001
@@ -2365,6 +2365,7 @@
 init_socket(void)
 {
        PyObject *m, *d;
+       const char * egd_socket_file = NULL, * rand_file = NULL;
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
        if (!NTinit())
                return;
@@ -2382,6 +2383,19 @@
 #ifdef USE_SSL
        SSL_load_error_strings();
        SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms();
+
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+       /* Seed the random number generator by sampling the screen. */
+       RAND_screen();
+#endif
+
+       /* (Re-)seed randomness using a random file. */
+       rand_file = getenv("RANDFILE");
+       if (rand_file)
+       {
+               (void)RAND_load_file(rand_file, -1);
+       }
+
        SSLErrorObject = PyErr_NewException("socket.sslerror", NULL, NULL);
        if (SSLErrorObject == NULL)
                return;