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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 16:43:19 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 16:43:19 (GMT)
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Closes #15213: update comment for _PyOS_URandom
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@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ lcg_urandom(unsigned int x0, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size)
}
}
-/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes, not suitable for cryptographic
- use, from the operating random number generator (RNG).
+/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes from the operating system random
+ number generator (RNG). It is suitable for for most cryptographic purposes
+ except long living private keys for asymmetric encryption.
Return 0 on success, raise an exception and return -1 on error. */
int