Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; import java.security.SecureRandom; public class Main { public static String generateNonce() { try { // Create a secure random number generator SecureRandom sr = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG"); // Get 1024 random bits byte[] bytes = new byte[1024 / 8]; sr.nextBytes(bytes); // Create two secure number generators with the same seed int seedByteCount = 10; byte[] seed = sr.generateSeed(seedByteCount); sr = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG"); sr.setSeed(seed); SecureRandom sr2 = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG"); sr2.setSeed(seed); String nonce = Long.toHexString(sr2.nextLong()); nonce = nonce.substring(0, 7); return nonce; } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) { } return null; } }