From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 09:26:23 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: By popular demand, add back a security warning.
X-Git-Tag: v3.5.0a1~1696
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c89a451ae13339d803cad639f2c61af2c67f5fc2;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

By popular demand, add back a security warning.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index ff9d2ae0bce1..f8b772749f48 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ The :mod:`random` module also provides the :class:`SystemRandom` class which
 uses the system function :func:`os.urandom` to generate random numbers
 from sources provided by the operating system.
 
+.. warning::
+
+   The pseudo-random generators of this module should not be used for
+   security purposes.
+
 
 Bookkeeping functions: