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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2013-08-16 17:19:40 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2013-08-16 17:19:40 (GMT)
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Issue #16190: fix random module recommendation to use ssl.RAND_bytes().
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@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ from sources provided by the operating system.
.. warning::
- The generators of the :mod:`random` module should not be used for security
- purposes. Use :func:`ssl.RAND_bytes` if you require a cryptographically
- secure pseudorandom number generator.
+ The pseudo-random generators of this module should not be used for
+ security purposes. Use :func:`os.urandom` or :class:`SystemRandom` if
+ you require a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator.
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