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Title:	MSC32-C. Properly seed pseudorandom number generators
Author:	Elpiniki Tsakalaki	Oct 28, 2008
Last Changed by:	Swasti Shrivastava	Oct 14, 2024
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/W9YxBQ
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (1)     Page: MSC51-CPP. Ensure your random number generator is properly seeded

Parent Page     Page: Rule 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)

• rose-na-multiple-files
• compass/rose
• nptc
• android-applicable
• rule
• msc
• cwe-330
• cwe-327
• nptc-intent
• in-cpp

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/SEI+CERT+C+Co…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/How+this+Codi…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/331.html
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrulemsc32…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/MSC51…
    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/bcrypt…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/330.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MSC30-C.+Do+n…

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