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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2015-03-18 13:39:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2015-03-18 13:39:33 (GMT) |
| commit | 59f7fb29ec151ab64ace5056ab46cf8127a6dac2 (patch) | |
| tree | 3374b848d6346e5ce6ba314d4dd294dad39f567d /Misc | |
| parent | 072248ec637a123dc348e6c1ffe075f85785111a (diff) | |
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Issue #22181: On Linux, os.urandom() now uses the new getrandom() syscall if
available, syscall introduced in the Linux kernel 3.17. It is more reliable
and more secure, because it avoids the need of a file descriptor and waits
until the kernel has enough entropy.
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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- +- Issue #22181: On Linux, os.urandom() now uses the new getrandom() syscall if + available, syscall introduced in the Linux kernel 3.17. It is more reliable + and more secure, because it avoids the need of a file descriptor and waits + until the kernel has enough entropy. + - Issue #2211: Updated the implementation of the http.cookies.Morsel class. Setting attributes key, value and coded_value directly now is deprecated. update() and setdefault() now transform and check keys. Comparing for |