From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 09:05:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76763106566C; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:05:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kib@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65DB78FC08; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:05:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o9695l8W088568; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:05:47 GMT (envelope-from kib@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from kib@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o9695ls6088565; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:05:47 GMT (envelope-from kib@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201010060905.o9695ls6088565@svn.freebsd.org> From: Konstantin Belousov Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:05:47 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r213476 - head/lib/libc/stdlib X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:05:47 -0000 Author: kib Date: Wed Oct 6 09:05:47 2010 New Revision: 213476 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/213476 Log: Add cross-references to lrand48(3) and arc4random(3) from rand(3) and random(3). Submitted by: Valentin Nechayev MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 Wed Oct 6 08:15:28 2010 (r213475) +++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 Wed Oct 6 09:05:47 2010 (r213476) @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)rand.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 25, 1999 +.Dd October 6, 2010 .Dt RAND 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -100,7 +100,16 @@ provides the same functionality as A pointer to the context value .Fa ctx must be supplied by the caller. +.Pp +For better generator quality, use +.Xr random 3 +or +.Xr lrand48 3 . +Applications requiring cryptographic quality randomness should use +.Xr arc4random 3 . .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arc4random 3, +.Xr lrand48 3 , .Xr random 3 , .Xr random 4 .Sh STANDARDS Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Wed Oct 6 08:15:28 2010 (r213475) +++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Wed Oct 6 09:05:47 2010 (r213476) @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ detects that the state information has b messages are printed on the standard error output. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arc4random 3 , +.Xr lrand48 3 , .Xr rand 3 , .Xr srand 3 , .Xr random 4