Message 264262 - Python tracker

Message264262

Author	lemburg
Recipients	lemburg, matejcik, rhettinger, socketpair, thomas-petazzoni, vstinner
Date	2016-04-26.12:05:36
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Message-id	<1461672337.2.0.467152288807.issue25420@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I still believe the underlying system API use should be fixed rather than all the different instances where it gets used. getrandom() should not block. If it does on a platform, that's a bug on that platform and Python should revert to the alternative of using /dev/urandom directly (or whatever other source of randomness is available). Disabling hash randomization is not a good workaround for the issue, since it will definitely pop up in other areas as well.

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I still believe the underlying system API use should be fixed rather than all the different instances where it gets used.

getrandom() should not block. If it does on a platform, that's a bug on that platform and Python should revert to the alternative of using /dev/urandom directly (or whatever other source of randomness is available).

Disabling hash randomization is not a good workaround for the issue, since it will definitely pop up in other areas as well.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016-04-26 12:05:37	lemburg	set	recipients: + lemburg, rhettinger, vstinner, matejcik, socketpair, thomas-petazzoni
2016-04-26 12:05:37	lemburg	set	messageid: <1461672337.2.0.467152288807.issue25420@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016-04-26 12:05:37	lemburg	link	issue25420 messages
2016-04-26 12:05:36	lemburg	create