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| author | mniknami@chromium.org <mniknami@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2012-08-02 20:22:25 +0000 |
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| committer | mniknami@chromium.org <mniknami@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2012-08-02 20:22:25 +0000 |
| commit | 9b2057825d45aab8c753c5764228f8e8a069e470 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a64a7de6c123f4548b9ee7e3cb312db8dfa7779 /base/rand_util.h | |
| parent | bebe1d02eb8b14a6e7db2cce1a6d13f556a5390f (diff) | |
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Added crypto random-number generator
Added a cryptographic random-number generator to crypto/.
Modified sync to use this function instead.
May also be used by Cloud Print in the future.
Review URL: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10698177
git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@149689 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
Diffstat (limited to 'base/rand_util.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | base/rand_util.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/base/rand_util.h b/base/rand_util.h index c5c4ef8..4f4765b 100644 --- a/base/rand_util.h +++ b/base/rand_util.h @@ -32,14 +32,21 @@ BASE_EXPORT double RandDouble(); // the range [0, 1). Thread-safe. BASE_EXPORT double BitsToOpenEndedUnitInterval(uint64 bits); -// Fills |output_length| bytes of |output| with cryptographically strong random -// data. +// Fills |output_length| bytes of |output| with random data. +// +// WARNING: +// Do not use for security-sensitive purposes. +// See crypto/ for cryptographically secure random number generation APIs. BASE_EXPORT void RandBytes(void* output, size_t output_length); -// Fills a string of length |length| with with cryptographically strong random -// data and returns it. |length| should be nonzero. +// Fills a string of length |length| with with random data and returns it. +// |length| should be nonzero. // // Note that this is a variation of |RandBytes| with a different return type. +// +// WARNING: +// Do not use for security-sensitive purposes. +// See crypto/ for cryptographically secure random number generation APIs. BASE_EXPORT std::string RandBytesAsString(size_t length); #ifdef OS_POSIX |