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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2016-09-06 23:33:52 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2016-09-06 23:33:52 (GMT)
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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/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 5abcdbc..82f6013 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -105,15 +105,6 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
"""
- if a is None:
- try:
- # Seed with enough bytes to span the 19937 bit
- # state space for the Mersenne Twister
- a = int.from_bytes(_urandom(2500), 'big')
- except NotImplementedError:
- import time
- a = int(time.time() * 256) # use fractional seconds
-
if version == 1 and isinstance(a, (str, bytes)):
x = ord(a[0]) << 7 if a else 0
for c in a: