[Ethan Furman] > A question [1] has arisen about the viability of `random.SystemRandom` in > Pythons before and after the secrets module was introduced > (3.5 I think) -- specifically > > does it give independent and uniform discrete distribution for > cryptographic purposes across CPython 3.x versions? > > ,,, > [1] https://stackoverflow.com/q/68319071/208880
`secrets` is just a wrapper around `random.SystemRandom`, so the presence or absence of `secrets` doesn't matter. As to SystemRandom, all answers depend on the quality of the platform os.urandom(), which Python has no control over. See my answer here, and the comments on it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20936993/how-can-i-create-a-random-number-that-is-cryptographically-secure-in-python/20937265#20937265 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/7TZWAZCNFC4ZMRQENWQ5DDIFU6QPGN4Z/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
