STINNER Victor added the comment: I also tested to call os.urandom() "early" in the Windows boot process in a Windows VM. Using a startup entry in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key, os.urandom() works immediatly (it is able to produce 16 bytes of entropy), whereas I didn't touch the mouse, keyboard, or anything. The VM is running with qemu without RNG device (I got one, I removed it).
"early" is not correct: it's late in fact, only when the desktop is opened. I should use GPEDIT.MSC to start a task before the desktop, but this command doesn't seem to be available on my Windows 8? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/614766/run-a-script-on-windows-startup-without-a-user-logged-on ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27266> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
