From ba69008bd0999d8fd088b8e66caf019baf73c576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Pitrou Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:19:40 +0200 Subject: Issue #16190: fix random module recommendation to use ssl.RAND_bytes(). --- Doc/library/random.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index 55c9d70..11dd367 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -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. Bookkeeping functions: -- cgit v0.12