New submission from STINNER Victor: Reading more than 256 bytes from os.urandom() is different than reading 256 bytes or less. For example, see getrandom() and getentropy() manual pages for more details.
random.Random doesn't need a very high quality entropy. The glib library only reads 128 bits from /dev/urandom to initialize the Mersenne Twister RNG for example. ---------- messages: 267905 nosy: christian.heimes, haypo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: random.Random should not read 2500 bytes from urandom versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27272> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
