700eb415 added the comment: >From the OpenBSD random(4) man page: "The arc4random(3) function in userland libraries should be used instead, as it works without the need to access these devices every time."
Theo just had a good talk on this issue here about why /dev/random needs replacing here: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/hackfest2014-arc4random/index.html . There's also a videon on YouTube. At this point, I should probably have a patch ready sometime towards the middle of the week. I had a conversation with Ted Unangst off list, and think the best place for me to push it would first be a patch to the OpenBSD ports. After the OpenBSD guys review it, I'll then push it here. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22542> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
