Python and crypto-strength random numbers by default
Python and crypto-strength random numbers by default
Posted Sep 18, 2015 15:46 UTC (Fri) by diegor (subscriber, #1967)Parent article: Python and crypto-strength random numbers by default
It seems to me, that not even OpenBSD replaced the default random generator with a "high-security" generator:
http://www.rocketaware.com/man/man3/random.3.htm
If we follow the Theo's reasoning, we should expect that random() in standard C library was using arc4random.
So I wonder why Theo suggests that python should do it?
Posted Sep 18, 2015 22:21 UTC (Fri)
by wahern (subscriber, #37304)
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OpenBSD changed the behavior starting with OpenBSD 5.7.
Python and crypto-strength random numbers by default
It helps if you read a version of the man page from this decade: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/ma...