[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] We rely on the random.SystemRandom() class

[Eric S. Raymond]

Eric S. Raymond pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
5ad3be4a by Matt Selsky at 2017-01-21T12:27:37-05:00
We rely on the random.SystemRandom() class

And that relies on os.urandom(), which is not a syscall.

- - - - -


1 changed file:

- docs/includes/ntpkeygen-body.txt


Changes:

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docs/includes/ntpkeygen-body.txt
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--- a/docs/includes/ntpkeygen-body.txt
+++ b/docs/includes/ntpkeygen-body.txt
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ predictable. Various means dependent on external events, such as
 keystroke intervals, can be used to do this and some systems have
 built-in entropy sources.
 
-This implementation uses Python's random module.  The function used
-calls the underlying OS's urandom syscall.  The security of the 
-module is improved in
+This implementation uses Python's random.SystemRandom class, which relies on
+os.urandom().  The security of os.urandom() is improved in
 https://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.urandom[Python 3.5+].
 
 [[crypto]]



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