Issue #16190: fix random module recommendation to use ssl.RAND_bytes().

ba69008b · Antoine Pitrou · 29c3fc5d · ba69008b
Commit ba69008b authored Aug 16, 2013 by Antoine Pitrou
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@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ from sources provided by the operating system.
 .. warning::
-   The generators of the :mod:`random` module should not be used for security
+   The pseudo-random generators of this module should not be used for
-   purposes. Use :func:`ssl.RAND_bytes` if you require a cryptographically
+   security purposes.  Use :func:`os.urandom` or :class:`SystemRandom` if
-   secure pseudorandom number generator.
+   you require a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator.
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