Christian Heimes wrote:
[...]
I propose an addition to the current Python C API:
int PyOS_URandom(char *buf, Py_ssize_t len)
Read "len" chars from the OS's RNG into the pre-allocated buffer "buf".
The RNG should be suitable for cryptography.
Since some platforms may not have /dev/urandom, we need a PRNG in the
core, too. I therefore propose to move the Mersenne twister from
randommodule.c into the core, too.
Mersenne twister is not suitable for cryptography.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister
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Steven
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