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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
