Python-Ideas list noodles making random.random secure by default, but worries they’ll have to patch “every 2-6 months”. (headdesk)
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Replying to @csprngoutput
@voodooKobra There are probably lots of good reasons not to default to urandom, just in terms of not breaking existing apps.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tqbf
@tqbf@voodookobra Not only that: people write lots of cross-language benchmarks that end up being tests of default RNG performance.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @pcwalton
@pcwalton@voodooKobra What’s Rust’s answer here?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @tqbf
@tqbf @voodookobra …xor shift and urandom. (Also has a couple of userspace CSPRNGs but they're marked deprecated and I want to remove them.)
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