2016-07-29 20:29 GMT+02:00 Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org>: >>The strict minimum is to implement os.getrandom() with a single call, >>*but* retry the getrandom() call if it fails with EINTR and the Python >>signal handler doesn't raise any exception. With this design, we don't >>drop any collected byte. But os.getrandom() should be used with a loop >>at the Python level. > > Yes, I'd opt for this. I definitely don't think we should be discarding > entropy, and I think a Python-level loop should be just fine.
Ok, fine. I will elaborate this part of my PEP next time I will update it :-) Victor _______________________________________________ Security-SIG mailing list Security-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/security-sig
