Christian Heimes added the comment: I'm -1
It doesn't look like OpenSSL's PRNG is much faster than /dev/urandom if Python keeps a persistent fd: $ python3.3 prng.py loops: 1000000 bytes: 16 /dev/urandom (fd) 1.2181 os.urandom() 3.2892 RAND_pseudo_bytes 1.2924 RAND_bytes 1.2945 Some crypto experts also say that the PRNG of a stock OpenSSL build is sub par. The algorithm is neither standardized by NIST nor carefully developed by a cryptographer. FIPS builds of OpenSSL have a better PRNG. ---------- versions: +Python 3.4 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file31419/prng.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18811> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
