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diff --git a/contrib/bc/manuals/bc.1.md.in b/contrib/bc/manuals/bc.1.md.in index efc0be037526..624ea3fb54ab 100644 --- a/contrib/bc/manuals/bc.1.md.in +++ b/contrib/bc/manuals/bc.1.md.in @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause -Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Gavin D. Howard and contributors. +Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Gavin D. Howard and contributors. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: @@ -459,7 +459,10 @@ generator. **Note**: The values returned by the pseudo-random number generator with **rand()** and **irand(E)** are guaranteed to *NOT* be cryptographically secure. This is a consequence of using a seeded pseudo-random number generator. However, -they *are* guaranteed to be reproducible with identical **seed** values. +they *are* guaranteed to be reproducible with identical **seed** values. This +means that the pseudo-random values from bc(1) should only be used where a +reproducible stream of pseudo-random numbers is *ESSENTIAL*. In any other case, +use a non-seeded pseudo-random number generator. {{ end }} ## Numbers |