Christian Heimes added the comment:

Python doesn't have a builtin PRNG. We use the OS's CPRNG such as /dev/urandom 
or CryptGenRandom(). Both use a system wide state and are not affected by 
process state. OpenSSL's PRNG is different because it uses an internal state. 
AFAIK it only polls the system's entropy poll when the PRNG is used for the 
first time.

It's not only multiprocessing. What about forking webservers etc. that use 
HTTPS?

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