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[GitHub] [commons-lang] fche commented on pull request #459: (doc): Document public RandomStringUtils exploit

fche commented on pull request #459:
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/459#issuecomment-696764653


   > > Caveat: Instances of [Random](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Random.html), upon which the implementation of this class relies, are not cryptographically secure.
   > 
   > doesn't lead the reader to conclude the class is not to be used for the purpose of security and in turn minimally use `SecureRandom` (as stipulated in the `java.util.Random` javadoc, to which we've linked).
   
   Any chance of coming around to "let's be secure" as a default position?


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