Nikolay Dyankov <ndyan...@gmail.com> added the comment: OK, I found the reason and it is the very fact of using /dev/random which would block if there aren't enough random numbers in queue. Maybe dns-python should be using /dev/urandom instead (though there might be reasons for not doing so).
The mystery is revealed. I am closing the bug. :) ---------- status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6993> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com