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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2016-09-06 23:33:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2016-09-06 23:33:52 (GMT) |
| commit | e66987e626cfce8292c39d5b1394665e8aa6840b (patch) | |
| tree | ec94354a9ccb2f09e77e3a2381b52142544d0ee2 /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | e256accd46af74d2695117e62361fe7ae9dfdfe3 (diff) | |
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os.urandom() now blocks on Linux
Issue #27776: The os.urandom() function does now block on Linux 3.17 and newer
until the system urandom entropy pool is initialized to increase the security.
This change is part of the PEP 524.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index 683ea82..f40a3c0 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ Standard library improvements: * PEP 519: :ref:`Adding a file system path protocol <pep-519>` +Security improvements: + +* On Linux, :func:`os.urandom` now blocks until the system urandom entropy pool + is initialized to increase the security. See the :pep:`524` for the + rationale. + Windows improvements: * The ``py.exe`` launcher, when used interactively, no longer prefers @@ -345,6 +351,9 @@ New Modules Improved Modules ================ +On Linux, :func:`os.urandom` now blocks until the system urandom entropy pool +is initialized to increase the security. See the :pep:`524` for the rationale. + asyncio ------- @@ -913,6 +922,9 @@ Changes in 'python' Command Behavior Changes in the Python API ------------------------- +* On Linux, :func:`os.urandom` now blocks until the system urandom entropy pool + is initialized to increase the security. + * When :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module` is defined, :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.create_module` must also be defined. |