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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-03-08 11:09:49 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-03-08 11:09:49 -0400 |
| commit | bf2a9d9545f39ad0dd9b9c9c4aa2f7f2b5669f0f (patch) | |
| tree | 083cc465c6fabdb61ff69aadc33b31e8617f2136 /docs/random-numbers.rst | |
| parent | dee5c25d35c53885698bca42015c9f7bbfb27baa (diff) | |
| parent | 78c2f2d2c0a40d20edcaf37c33e91224af3ecbb6 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into idea-bespoke-vectors
* master: (246 commits)
Fixed python3 incompatibility
Removed dependency on setuptools for version check
don't need to move these definitions
conditional NIDs for 0.9.8e
x509 changes for 0.9.8e support
more changes for 0.9.8e support, this time in the ssl.h headers
macro switches in evp for 0.9.8e
bind some error constants conditionally for 0.9.8e support
BIO macro switch for 0.9.8e support
move some nids
conditionally bind AES_wrap/unwrap for 0.9.8e support
Add GPG key fingerprint for lvh
change comparison to be easier to read
ridiculous workaround time
whoops
Missing imports
Convert stuff
Add binding for DSA_new
Fix drop in coverage levels by removing branches
Added check to turn of CC backend for OS X version < 10.8
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Conflicts:
docs/development/test-vectors.rst
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/random-numbers.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/random-numbers.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/random-numbers.rst b/docs/random-numbers.rst index cd73a7b7..12969d1c 100644 --- a/docs/random-numbers.rst +++ b/docs/random-numbers.rst @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ want to use the standard :mod:`random` module APIs. This is because they do not provide a cryptographically secure random number generator, which can result in major security issues depending on the algorithms in use. -Therefore, it is our recommendation to always use your operating system's -provided random number generator, which is available as ``os.urandom()``. For +Therefore, it is our recommendation to `always use your operating system's +provided random number generator`_, which is available as ``os.urandom()``. For example, if you need 16 bytes of random data for an initialization vector, you can obtain them with: @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ can obtain them with: >>> import os >>> os.urandom(16) '...' + +.. _`always use your operating system's provided random number generator`: http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2014/02/25/safely-generate-random-numbers/ |