1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/crack.rs b/src/crack.rs
index b351249..396eb6b 100644
--- a/src/crack.rs
+++ b/src/crack.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
 use std::borrow::ToOwned;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
-use rand::SeedableRng;
+use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
 
 use data::ENGLISH_FREQUENCIES;
 use primitives::{fixed_xor, unpad_pkcs7, hamming, repeating_key_xor};
@@ -357,6 +357,19 @@ pub fn crack_fixed_nonce_ctr_statistically (input: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Vec<Vec<u8>>
     return plaintext_lines;
 }
 
+pub fn recover_mersenne_twister_seed_from_time (output: u32) -> Option<u32> {
+    let now = ::time::now().to_timespec().sec as u32;
+    for i in -10000..10000i32 {
+        let seed = (now as i32).wrapping_add(i) as u32;
+        let mut mt = MersenneTwister::from_seed(seed);
+        let test_output: u32 = mt.gen();
+        if test_output == output {
+            return Some(seed);
+        }
+    }
+    return None;
+}
+
 pub fn clone_mersenne_twister_from_output (outputs: &[u32]) -> MersenneTwister {
     fn untemper (val: u32) -> u32 {
         fn unxorshift<F> (f: F, mut y: u32, n: usize, mask: u32) -> u32 where F: Fn(u32, usize) -> u32 {