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| author | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2014-12-18 21:31:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2014-12-18 21:31:59 -0800 |
| commit | 2d6bb0bd96190ee504f9e8c215bb3a7ed56358f2 (patch) | |
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Let people who are curious know how os.urandom is implemented
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diff --git a/docs/random-numbers.rst b/docs/random-numbers.rst index 68a72cf7..5113afd2 100644 --- a/docs/random-numbers.rst +++ b/docs/random-numbers.rst @@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ can obtain them with: >>> import os >>> iv = os.urandom(16) +This will use ``/dev/urandom`` on UNIX platforms, and ``CryptGenRandom`` on +Windows. + .. _`always use your operating system's provided random number generator`: http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2014/02/25/safely-generate-random-numbers/ |