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SECURITY-RANDOM(2)					    SECURITY-RANDOM(2)

NAME
       random: randomint, randombuf - random number generation

SYNOPSIS
       include "security.m";
       random := load Random Random->PATH;

       randomint:  fn(which: int): int;
       randombuf:  fn(which, n: int): array of byte;

DESCRIPTION
       Randomint and randombuf return random or not-quite-random data obtained
       from /dev/random or /dev/notquiterandom.	 Randomint  returns  a	random
       integer;	 randombuf  returns  an	 array	of length n filled with random
       bytes.	In  both  functions,  which  may  be  either  ReallyRandom  or
       NotQuiteRandom to select the random data source.

FILES
       /dev/random
       /dev/notquiterandom

SOURCE
       /appl/lib/random.b

SEE ALSO
       rand(2), cons(3)

							    SECURITY-RANDOM(2)

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