diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js b/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
index 4ad6646..7bb94ff 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var Handshake = function(uri, stream) {
   this._stream = stream;
   
   var buffer = new Buffer(16), i = 16;
-  while (i--) buffer[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 254);
+  while (i--) buffer[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
   this._key = buffer.toString('base64');
   
   var SHA1 = crypto.createHash('sha1');
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ var instance = {
     frame[0] = this.FIN | opcode;
     
     if (this._masking) {
-      mask = [1,2,3,4].map(function() { return Math.floor(Math.random() * 255) });
+      mask = [1,2,3,4].map(function() { return Math.floor(Math.random() * 256) });
       for (i = 0, n = data.length; i < n; i++)
         data[i] = data[i] ^ mask[i % 4];
     }