> > There are some functions in _ssl.c for gathering randomness from a > > daemon, and adding that randomness to the pseudo-random number > > generator in SSL, before using SSL. There's a note there saying that > > "on some platform" this is necessary. Anyone know which platforms? > > In general, anything that does not have /dev/[u]random; > older Solaris releases and HP-UX in particular.
Thanks, I"ll add that to the documentation. Any ideas what the values of the "entropy" parameter to RAND_add() are like, or how they are derived? I did a rapid skim of RFC 1750, but didn't see it there. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
