Add the same warning to rand48(3) as to rand(3) and random(3).
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.\" @(#)rand48.3 V1.0 MB 8 Oct 1993
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 2, 2010
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.Dd September 4, 2012
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.Dt RAND48 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Ft void
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.Fn lcong48 "unsigned short p[7]"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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The functions described in this manual page are not cryptographically
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secure.
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Cryptographic applications should use
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.Xr arc4random 3
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instead.
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn rand48
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family of functions generates pseudo-random numbers using a linear
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@ -174,10 +182,8 @@ It is thus not possible to use values greater than 0xffff as the addend.
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Note that all three methods of seeding the random number generator
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always also set the multiplicand and addend for any of the six
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generator calls.
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.Pp
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For a more powerful random number generator, see
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.Xr random 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arc4random 3 ,
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.Xr rand 3 ,
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.Xr random 3
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.Xr arc4random 3 ,
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.Xr lrand48 3 ,
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.Xr rand 3 ,
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.Xr srand 3 ,
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.Xr random 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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These
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