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Calling a PRNG in the same initial state, either without seeding it explicitly or by seeding it with a constant value, results in generating the same sequence of random numbers in different runs of the program. Consider a PRNG function that is seeded with some initial seed value and is consecutively called to produce a sequence of random numbersS. If the PRNG is subsequently seeded with the same initial seed value, then it will generate the same sequence Ssequence.

Consequently, after the first run of an improperly seeded PRNG, an attacker can predict the sequence of random numbers that will be generated in the future runs. Improperly seeding or failing to seed the PRNG can lead to vulnerabilities, especially in security protocols.

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