[issue27279] Add random.cryptorandom() and random.pseudorandom, deprecate os.urandom()
Marc-Andre Lemburg
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Jun 9 04:12:03 EDT 2016
Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment:
Some resources:
* getrandom() man page:
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrandom.2.html
* nice readup on how getrandom() was introduced:
https://lwn.net/Articles/606141/
* random devices implementation on Linux:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/char/random.c
* getrandom() implementation on Linux:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/char/random.c#L1601
(built straight on opt of the device APIs)
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