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| author | Mike Pall <mike> | 2019-12-08 19:01:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Mike Pall <mike> | 2019-12-08 19:01:06 +0100 |
| commit | a75d13c63a118ab501affe6fb0baab1d692a3df9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e4030a9dad79d1a15d64fdc4449757f52fb3794 /doc | |
| parent | c6c6e3b416635a528a711ed1986b054287a7c491 (diff) | |
| download | luajit2-a75d13c63a118ab501affe6fb0baab1d692a3df9.tar.gz | |
Add note about the unsuitabilty of math.random() for crypto.
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diff --git a/doc/extensions.html b/doc/extensions.html index fa412e0e..9da38359 100644 --- a/doc/extensions.html +++ b/doc/extensions.html @@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ for every call. The result is uniformly distributed between 0.0 and 1.0. It's correctly scaled up and rounded for <tt>math.random(n [,m])</tt> to preserve uniformity. </p> +<p> +Important: Neither this nor any other PRNG based on the simplistic +<tt>math.random()</tt> API is suitable for cryptographic use. +</p> <h3 id="io"><tt>io.*</tt> functions handle 64 bit file offsets</h3> <p> |