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doc: improve randomness discussion
authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Mon, 1 Jun 2020 18:18:06 +0000 (11:18 -0700)
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Mon, 1 Jun 2020 18:18:06 +0000 (11:18 -0700)
commitdd091da172572114bfe3f2b8b79d6580dfbc4fa5
tree8184573f77b22945ec30a12cb3df75b7383be3db
parent56506c245186982428f7873681b8b47ab79a9b5a
doc: improve randomness discussion

Inspired by comments from Jeffrey Walton in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2020-06/msg00002.html
* doc/glibc-functions/getentropy.texi (getentropy):
* doc/glibc-functions/getrandom.texi (getrandom):
Improve discussion of problems with "random" data,
and cite Ristenpart & Yilek.  Also, mention GRND_INSECURE.
ChangeLog
doc/glibc-functions/getentropy.texi
doc/glibc-functions/getrandom.texi