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Issue 10698177: Added crypto random-number generator (Closed) Base URL: http://git.chromium.org/chromium/src.git@master
Patch Set: Removed extra code Created 8 years, 5 months ago
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Index: base/rand_util.h
diff --git a/base/rand_util.h b/base/rand_util.h
index 82e548b82923d45d0c805be920981528e0c60887..51f7f7ffbfb4d9770c038803e9604a35bba459f5 100644
--- a/base/rand_util.h
+++ b/base/rand_util.h
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ 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.
+// Note: The random data is cryptographically secure, but use the RNG in crypto/
+// for security-sensitive purposes instead of this function.
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: The random data is cryptographically secure, but use the RNG in crypto/
+// for security-sensitive purposes instead of this function.
//
// Note that this is a variation of |RandBytes| with a different return type.
BASE_EXPORT std::string RandBytesAsString(size_t length);
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