Python Random Number Generator for OTP

Hannes Mehnert hannes at mehnert.org
Tue Jul 23 00:32:28 PDT 2013


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On 22/07/2013 23:46, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> Why not simply use /dev/urandom (after ensuring you have enough
> entropy, etc, etc).

Why not use /dev/random, instead of "ensuring you have entropy" (how
would you do that?)?
/dev/random blocks if there's not enough entropy - whereas
/dev/urandom will produce some pseudo-random bits.


hannes
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