From 738a794d897cca873068c5d82471c04919f6fe6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PrincessPi3 <human.bagel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 11:24:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] sum silly shitty

---
 README.md                      |  3 ++-
 create-attributable-archive.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f2c981..dca5d34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ todo
 - added housekeeping
   - set perms and ownership on archives and keystore to minimum
   - shred all erronious files and dirs
-- cleaned up code
\ No newline at end of file
+- cleaned up code
+- better rng
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/create-attributable-archive.sh b/create-attributable-archive.sh
index 804621c..c0b43d3 100755
--- a/create-attributable-archive.sh
+++ b/create-attributable-archive.sh
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ reset() {
 printf "setting up environment..."
 reset
 
+# wait for keypress
+read -n 1 -s -r -p "In another terminal/window, fill $inner_dir with whatever you please then press any key to continue..."
+
 printf "ssh-keygen: makin new key: ${key_path}..."
 ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f "$key_path" -C "anonymous" -N "" > /dev/null 2>&1
 checkcode $?
@@ -116,13 +119,19 @@ printf "ssh-keygen: creating $out_dir/anonymous_signer..."
 echo "anonymous namespaces=\"$signature_tag\" $(cat "${key_path}.pub")" > "$out_dir/anonymous_signer"
 checkcode $?
 
-printf "random: adding 1/2 random blocks of data to inner archive..."
-dd if=/dev/urandom of="$inner_dir/.$RANDOM" bs=1K count=1 > /dev/null 2>&1
-checkcode $?
+echo "inject random data y/n (default n)"
+read random
+if [[ "$random" == "" || "$random" =~ ^[nN]{1}$ ]]; then
+    printf "random: adding 1/2 random blocks of data (1024 bits, 128 bytes) to outer archive..."
+    openssl rand -out "$out_dir/.$RANDOM" 128 > /dev/null 2>&1
+    checkcode $?
 
-printf "random: adding 2/3 random blocks of data to outer archive..."
-dd if=/dev/urandom of="$out_dir/.$RANDOM" bs=1K count=1 > /dev/null 2>&1
-checkcode $?
+    printf "random: adding 2/2 random blocks of data (1024 bits, 128 bytes) to inner archive..."
+    openssl rand -out "$inner_dir/.$RANDOM" 128 > /dev/null 2>&1
+    checkcode $?
+else
+    echo -e 'no random... \e[1;32mOK!\e[0m\n'
+fi
 
 printf "7z: compressing inner volume..."
 7z a "$out_dir/contents.7z" "$inner_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1