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Title: MSC50-CPP. Do not use std::rand() for generating pseudorandom numbers  
Author: Justin Pincar Aug 13, 2008
Last Changed by: Jill Britton Apr 20, 2023
Tiny Link: (useful for email) https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/2ns-BQ
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)
    Page: MSC02-J. Generate strong random numbers
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    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html
    dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=272991.272995
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcmsc50cpp.…
    cwe.mitre.org/
    https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusp…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/Polys…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
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