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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 |