On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 8:37 AM Steve Dower <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/12/2021 4:11 PM, Dan Stromberg wrote: > > It looks like CPython could do better on Windows: SystemRandom (because > > of os.urandom()) is good on Linux and mac, but on Windows they use the > > CryptGenRandom deprecated API.... > > > > Supporting detail: > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wincrypt/nf-wincrypt-cryptgenrandom > > < > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wincrypt/nf-wincrypt-cryptgenrandom > > > > > > Should I open an issue? > > Please do, but note that the API is only deprecated because it was not > very extensible and the new API is much more comple... er... extensible. > > There's nothing wrong with the randomness from the function. It'll be > using the new API under the covers. So this is an enhancement, not a > security issue, and should only target 3.11. > I created https://bugs.python.org/issue44611 for this.
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