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Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3')
-rw-r--r-- | src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 index 2bac41796e..1223745cb4 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | |||
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ | |||
25 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | 25 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
26 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | 26 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
27 | .\" | 27 | .\" |
28 | .\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.23 2014/07/13 14:25:00 tedu Exp $ | 28 | .\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.24 2014/07/17 23:12:28 deraadt Exp $ |
29 | .\" | 29 | .\" |
30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2014 $ | 30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2014 $ |
31 | .Dt RANDOM 3 | 31 | .Dt RANDOM 3 |
32 | .Os | 32 | .Os |
33 | .Sh NAME | 33 | .Sh NAME |
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ | |||
50 | .Ft char * | 50 | .Ft char * |
51 | .Fn setstate "char *state" | 51 | .Fn setstate "char *state" |
52 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | 52 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
53 | .Bf -symbolic | ||
54 | This interface is not cryptographically secure, so consider using | ||
55 | .Xr arc4random 3 | ||
56 | instead. | ||
57 | .Ef | ||
58 | .Pp | ||
53 | The | 59 | The |
54 | .Fn random | 60 | .Fn random |
55 | function uses a non-linear additive feedback random number generator employing | 61 | function uses a non-linear additive feedback random number generator employing |