Re: patch request for os.urandom()

2014-07-17 Thread Christian Heimes
On 17.07.2014 20:34, Paul Rubin wrote: > 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

Re: patch request for os.urandom()

2014-07-17 Thread Sturla Molden
On 17/07/14 20:34, Paul Rubin wrote: Could os.urandom() be patched to use the new Linux getrandom() system call on systems where it is available? /dev/urandom exists on other Unix-like systems as well. Right now os.urandom only uses special system calls on Windows. Sturla -- https://mail.

Re: patch request for os.urandom()

2014-07-17 Thread Ned Deily
In article <7xlhrrkf6h@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin wrote: > I've stopped posting to the Python bug tracker because the password > management issues became too annoying. Can you elaborate on the problems you are having? -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/

Re: patch request for os.urandom()

2014-07-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:34 AM, Paul Rubin wrote: > 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 Uhm... does that even exist in kernel trunk yet? That's pret