Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:49:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r279269 - head/lib/libc/stdlib Message-ID: <201502250749.t1P7nGG4042954@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: cperciva Date: Wed Feb 25 07:49:15 2015 New Revision: 279269 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279269 Log: Adjust wording slightly to emphasize that random(3) should not be used for any applications which need unpredictable random numbers, not merely those which are cryptographic in nature. If you work for a lottery and you're using random(3) to select the winning numbers, please let me know. Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Wed Feb 25 06:20:42 2015 (r279268) +++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Wed Feb 25 07:49:15 2015 (r279269) @@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ .Fn setstate "char *state" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Bf -symbolic -The functions described in this manual page are not cryptographically -secure. -Cryptographic applications should use +The functions described in this manual page are not secure. +Applications which require unpredictable random numbers should use .Xr arc4random 3 instead. .Ef
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