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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 18:43:19 +0200
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 18:43:19 +0200
commit3a9b53ba174f0f00747867eee699effc8d2e3a10 (patch)
tree2957d7e5722c28c90ebe49ce1d4e911e56f18300 /Python
parent7c571972c3b23a6a4c31fb2ebe8fd4becc25c61a (diff)
downloadcpython-3a9b53ba174f0f00747867eee699effc8d2e3a10.tar.gz
Closes #15213: update comment for _PyOS_URandom
Diffstat (limited to 'Python')
-rw-r--r--Python/random.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/random.c b/Python/random.c
index 73e3cc3551..d615923dd2 100644
--- a/Python/random.c
+++ b/Python/random.c
@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ lcg_urandom(unsigned int x0, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size)
}
}
-/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes, not suitable for cryptographic
- use, from the operating random number generator (RNG).
+/* Fill buffer with size pseudo-random bytes from the operating system random
+ number generator (RNG). It is suitable for for most cryptographic purposes
+ except long living private keys for asymmetric encryption.
Return 0 on success, raise an exception and return -1 on error. */
int