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RAND(3)		       FreeBSD Library Functions Manual		       RAND(3)

NAME
     rand, srand, sranddev, rand_r -- bad random number	generator

LIBRARY
     Standard C	Library	(libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     srand(unsigned seed);

     void
     sranddev(void);

     int
     rand(void);

     int
     rand_r(unsigned *ctx);

DESCRIPTION
     The functions described in	this manual page are not cryptographically
     secure.  Cryptographic applications should	use arc4random(3) instead.

     These interfaces are obsoleted by random(3).

     The rand()	function computes a sequence of	pseudo-random integers in the
     range of 0	to RAND_MAX (as	defined	by the header file <stdlib.h>).

     The srand() function sets its argument seed as the	seed for a new
     sequence of pseudo-random numbers to be returned by rand().  These
     sequences are repeatable by calling srand() with the same seed value.

     If	no seed	value is provided, the functions are automatically seeded with
     a value of	1.

     The sranddev() function initializes a seed	using pseudo-random numbers
     obtained from the kernel.

     The rand_r() function provides the	same functionality as rand().  A
     pointer to	the context value ctx must be supplied by the caller.

     For better	generator quality, use random(3) or lrand48(3).

SEE ALSO
     arc4random(3), lrand48(3),	random(3), random(4)

STANDARDS
     The rand()	and srand() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1990
     (``ISO C90'').

     The rand_r() function is as proposed in the POSIX.4a Draft	#6 document.

FreeBSD	11.1			 April 2, 2013			  FreeBSD 11.1
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