From: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:19:40 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Issue #16190: fix random module recommendation to use ssl.RAND_bytes().
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.6rc1~236
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79a16a85aa1f9e23abee9fb01cdb92bf1bcddf1b;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Issue #16190: fix random module recommendation to use ssl.RAND_bytes().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index b1df231e7369..1bc998940dcd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ 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.  Use :func:`os.urandom` or :class:`SystemRandom` if
+   you require a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator.
+
+
 Bookkeeping functions: