diff --git a/src/network/transportsender.cc b/src/network/transportsender.cc
index bf4af6b..2566bcc 100644
--- a/src/network/transportsender.cc
+++ b/src/network/transportsender.cc
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ TransportSender<MyState>::TransportSender( Connection *s_connection, MyState &in
     ack_num( 0 ),
     pending_data_ack( false ),
     SEND_MINDELAY( 15 ),
-    last_heard( 0 )
+    last_heard( 0 ),
+    prng()
 {
-  srand( time( NULL ) ); /* for chaff */
 }
 
 /* Try to send roughly two frames per RTT, bounded by limits on frame rate */
@@ -263,13 +263,11 @@ void TransportSender<MyState>::rationalize_states( void )
 template <class MyState>
 const string TransportSender<MyState>::make_chaff( void )
 {
-  const int CHAFF_MAX = 16;
+  const size_t CHAFF_MAX = 16;
+  const size_t chaff_len = prng.uint8() % (CHAFF_MAX + 1);
 
   char chaff[ CHAFF_MAX ];
-  for ( int i = 0; i < CHAFF_MAX; i++ ) {
-    chaff[ i ] = rand() % 256;
-  }
-  int chaff_len = rand() % (CHAFF_MAX + 1);
+  prng.fill( chaff, chaff_len );
   return string( chaff, chaff_len );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/network/transportsender.h b/src/network/transportsender.h
index f016bdf..a47e6dd 100644
--- a/src/network/transportsender.h
+++ b/src/network/transportsender.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "transportinstruction.pb.h"
 #include "transportstate.h"
 #include "transportfragment.h"
+#include "prng.h"
 
 using std::list;
 using std::pair;
@@ -86,7 +87,9 @@ namespace Network {
 
     uint64_t last_heard; /* last time received new state */
 
-    static const string make_chaff( void );
+    /* chaff to disguise instruction length */
+    PRNG prng;
+    const string make_chaff( void );
 
   public:
     /* constructor */