Author: des Date: Tue Sep 11 12:55:15 2012 New Revision: 240361 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/240361
Log: Add the same warning to rand48(3) as to rand(3) and random(3). MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 Tue Sep 11 11:05:32 2012 (r240360) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 Tue Sep 11 12:55:15 2012 (r240361) @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ .\" @(#)rand48.3 V1.0 MB 8 Oct 1993 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 2, 2010 +.Dd September 4, 2012 .Dt RAND48 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ .Ft void .Fn lcong48 "unsigned short p[7]" .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +The functions described in this manual page are not cryptographically +secure. +Cryptographic applications should use +.Xr arc4random 3 +instead. +.Ef +.Pp The .Fn rand48 family of functions generates pseudo-random numbers using a linear @@ -174,10 +182,8 @@ It is thus not possible to use values gr Note that all three methods of seeding the random number generator always also set the multiplicand and addend for any of the six generator calls. -.Pp -For a more powerful random number generator, see -.Xr random 3 . .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arc4random 3 , .Xr rand 3 , .Xr random 3 .Sh AUTHORS Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Tue Sep 11 11:05:32 2012 (r240360) +++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 Tue Sep 11 12:55:15 2012 (r240361) @@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ messages are printed on the standard err .Xr arc4random 3 , .Xr lrand48 3 , .Xr rand 3 , -.Xr srand 3 , .Xr random 4 .Sh HISTORY These _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
