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); |