patch request for os.urandom()

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	patch request for os.urandom()
Date	2014-07-17 11:34 -0700
Organization	Nightsong/Fort GNOX
Message-ID	<7xlhrrkf6h.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> (permalink)

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Could os.urandom() be patched to use the new Linux getrandom() system
call on systems where it is available?  Further info:

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2014/07/17/235

I've stopped posting to the Python bug tracker because the password
management issues became too annoying.

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patch request for os.urandom() Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-17 11:34 -0700
  Re: patch request for os.urandom() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-18 04:44 +1000
  Re: patch request for os.urandom() Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-07-17 12:37 -0700
  Re: patch request for os.urandom() Sturla Molden <sturla.molden@gmail.com> - 2014-07-17 21:54 +0200
  Re: patch request for os.urandom() Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-07-17 22:12 +0200

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