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| author | Guilherme Andrade <[email protected]> | 2017-03-18 12:57:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Guilherme Andrade <[email protected]> | 2017-03-18 13:03:41 +0000 |
| commit | e50f63fbb2c974b4b8ad50095ca0b16a846fc161 (patch) | |
| tree | b1bc8bc0c335ab4eff625843c49f1d89479de7cb /lib/crypto/doc | |
| parent | d07008a0562d1f83dcab144fdec9fd920deb2b96 (diff) | |
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Restyle crypto strong numeric generators
for usage in rand
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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml index 0697f6a202..dc725a41be 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml @@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ you are running on does not have enough "randomness" built in. Normally this is when either <seealso marker="#strong_rand_bytes/1">strong_rand_bytes/1</seealso>, - <seealso marker="#strong_rand_uniform/0">strong_rand_uniform/0</seealso> or - <seealso marker="#strong_rand_uniform/1">strong_rand_uniform/1</seealso> + <seealso marker="#strong_rand_range/1">strong_rand_range/1</seealso> or + <seealso marker="#strong_rand_float/0">strong_rand_float/0</seealso> throws <c>low_entropy</c></p> </desc> </func> @@ -733,36 +733,36 @@ </func> <func> - <name>strong_rand_uniform() -> X</name> - <fsummary>Generate a random floating point number between 0.0 and 1.0</fsummary> + <name>strong_rand_range(N) -> binary()</name> + <fsummary>Generate a random non-negative integer between 0 and N</fsummary> <type> - <v>X = float()</v> + <v>N = pos_integer() | binary()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Generates a random floating pointer number uniformly distributed - in the value range <c><![CDATA[X, 0.0 < X < 1.0.]]></c> + <p>Generates a random non-negative integer uniformly distributed + in the value range <c><![CDATA[X, 0 =< X < N.]]></c> Uses a cryptographically secure prng seeded and periodically mixed with operating system provided entropy. By default this is the <c>BN_rand_range</c> method from OpenSSL.</p> + <p>Returns binary representation.</p> <p>May throw exception <c>low_entropy</c> in case the random generator failed due to lack of secure "randomness".</p> - <note><p>The generated values shall present no more than 51 bits of effective entropy.</p></note> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>strong_rand_uniform(N) -> X</name> - <fsummary>Generate a random positive integer between 1 and N</fsummary> + <name>strong_rand_float() -> X</name> + <fsummary>Generate a random floating point number between 0.0 and 1.0</fsummary> <type> - <v>N = pos_integer()</v> - <v>X = 1..N</v> + <v>X = float()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Generates a a random positive integer uniformly distributed - in the value range <c><![CDATA[X, 1 =< X =< N.]]></c> + <p>Generates a random floating pointer number uniformly distributed + in the value range <c><![CDATA[X, 0.0 =< X < 1.0.]]></c> Uses a cryptographically secure prng seeded and periodically mixed with operating system provided entropy. By default this is the <c>BN_rand_range</c> method from OpenSSL.</p> <p>May throw exception <c>low_entropy</c> in case the random generator failed due to lack of secure "randomness".</p> + <note><p>The generated values shall present no more than 51 bits of effective entropy.</p></note> </desc> </func> |