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| author | David Whitlock <[email protected]> | 2015-11-05 12:47:08 +0700 |
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| committer | David Whitlock <[email protected]> | 2015-11-06 06:48:41 +0700 |
| commit | cdbe44920678d68a9936e1ab504bc1c8aad65847 (patch) | |
| tree | e2a6b3ca59667486f6e3c6b355034e5746d39fc4 | |
| parent | 82393fda2f44841663b23c95879212f339a56474 (diff) | |
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Recommend against using crypto:rand_bytes
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssh/doc/src/using_ssh.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml | 2 |
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml index 291a5145e4..36ab329ff0 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml @@ -601,8 +601,11 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Generates N bytes randomly uniform 0..255, and returns the - result in a binary. Uses the <c>crypto</c> library pseudo-random - number generator.</p> + result in a binary. Uses the <c>crypto</c> library pseudo-random + number generator.</p> + <p>This function is not recommended for cryptographic purposes. + Please use <seealso marker="#strong_rand_bytes/1"> + strong_rand_bytes/1</seealso> instead.</p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/using_ssh.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/using_ssh.xml index 91185a0f6e..3ed862458c 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/using_ssh.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/using_ssh.xml @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ <code type="erlang"> %% First three parameters depending on which crypto type we select: Key = <<"This is a 256 bit key. abcdefghi">>, -Ivec0 = crypto:rand_bytes(16), +Ivec0 = crypto:strong_rand_bytes(16), DataSize = 1024, % DataSize rem 16 = 0 for aes_cbc %% Initialization of the CryptoState, in this case it is the Ivector. diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml index e7d4728ef7..50057259c6 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed, use one of functions in the <seealso marker="crypto:crypto">crypto</seealso> - module, for example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c>.</p></note> + module, for example <c>crypto:strong_rand_bytes/1</c>.</p></note> </description> <datatypes> <datatype> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml index 91a4012ce9..f6f9e56966 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tuple of three integers.</p> <p>It should be noted that this random number generator is not cryptographically strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed for - example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p> + example <c>crypto:strong_rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p> <note><p>The new and improved <seealso marker="stdlib:rand">rand</seealso> module should be used instead of this module.</p></note> |