diff -r bf98400daa62 Doc/library/ssl.rst --- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst Wed Dec 10 11:05:35 2014 -0500 +++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst Wed Dec 10 10:15:40 2014 -0800 @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ can be used to check the status of the PRNG and :func:`RAND_add` can be used to seed the PRNG. + For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable. + Read the Wikipedia article, `Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) `_, @@ -307,6 +309,8 @@ for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc. + For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable. + .. versionadded:: 3.3 .. function:: RAND_status()