Index: base/rand_util.h |
diff --git a/base/rand_util.h b/base/rand_util.h |
index c5c4ef88114427a8ddf8ddebdd9499422e2f14fe..4f4765bcf8c902d1daa61de4368d01d7d4be60fe 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 |