[issue26839] Python 3.5 running on Linux kernel 3.17+ can block at startup or on importing the random module on getrandom()

[Christian Heimes]

Christian Heimes added the comment:

On 2016-06-08 11:39, STINNER Victor wrote:
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> STINNER Victor added the comment:
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> no-urandom-by-default.diff uses a very weak source of entropy for random.Random :-( I'm fighting against weak sources of entropy since many years...

It is totally fine to init the MT of random.random() from a weak entropy
source. Just keep in mind that a Mersenne Twister is not a CPRNG. There
is simply no reason why you want to init a MT from a CPRNG.

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