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Tue Jan 3 21:29:10 CET 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-January/115272.html

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

-- 
Steven

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