Message 267621 - Python tracker

Message267621

Author	skrah
Recipients	Colm Buckley, doko, larry, lemburg, martin.panter, matejcik, ned.deily, python-dev, rhettinger, skrah, thomas-petazzoni, vstinner, ztane
Date	2016-06-07.10:44:50
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Marked as misclassified	Yes
Message-id	<20160607104439.GA4914@bytereef.org>
In-reply-to	<1465293676.33.0.584066409322.issue26839@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:01:16AM +0000, STINNER Victor wrote: > Maybe need something like time.get_clock_info(), sys.float_info and sys.thread_info for os.urandom(): a string describing the implementation of os.urandom(). It would allow the developer to decide what to do when getrandom() is not used. I think this is a very good idea. Just a flag for "cryptographically secure" or not.

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On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 10:01:16AM +0000, STINNER Victor wrote:
> Maybe need something like time.get_clock_info(), sys.float_info and sys.thread_info for os.urandom(): a string describing the implementation of os.urandom(). It would allow the developer to decide what to do when getrandom() is not used.

I think this is a very good idea. Just a flag for "cryptographically secure" or not.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016-06-07 10:44:50	skrah	set	recipients: + skrah, lemburg, rhettinger, doko, vstinner, larry, matejcik, ned.deily, python-dev, martin.panter, ztane, thomas-petazzoni, Colm Buckley
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2016-06-07 10:44:50	skrah	create