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Kirill Smelkov
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Berker Peksag
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Issue #23025: Add a mention of os.urandom to RAND_bytes and RAND_pseudo_bytes docs.
Patch by Alex Gaynor.
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@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ Random generation
can be used to check the status of the PRNG and :func:`RAND_add` can be used
to seed the PRNG.
For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable.
Read the Wikipedia article, `Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number
generator (CSPRNG)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographically_secure_pseudorandom_number_generator>`_,
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@@ -311,6 +313,8 @@ Random generation
for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic
protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
.. function:: RAND_status()
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