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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)rand.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 25, 1999
+.Dd October 6, 2010
.Dt RAND 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -100,7 +100,16 @@ provides the same functionality as
A pointer to the context value
.Fa ctx
must be supplied by the caller.
+.Pp
+For better generator quality, use
+.Xr random 3
+or
+.Xr lrand48 3 .
+Applications requiring cryptographic quality randomness should use
+.Xr arc4random 3 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr arc4random 3,
+.Xr lrand48 3 ,
.Xr random 3 ,
.Xr random 4
.Sh STANDARDS
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