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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | 1 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 index 9b247959f533..beb144325a92 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3 @@ -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 diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 index aacf6e32bd5c..c6502bf554ea 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ detects that the state information has been garbled, error 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 |