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Author steven.daprano
Recipients christian.heimes, dstufft, larry, ned.deily, steven.daprano, vstinner
Date 2016-06-11.10:30:58
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Write some documentation for the ``secrets`` module summarizing the issues relating to /dev/[u]random, getrandom, etc. There's a lot of confusion about these issues, and the web contains a lot of misinformation, so being able to point to the secrets docs for a summary will be useful for further discussions, and to help programmers pick the right solution.

I know the Python docs cannot be the definitive source of information about OS features, but they can provide enough of a summary to allow users to make informed decisions.
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Date User Action Args
2016-06-11 10:30:58steven.dapranosetrecipients: + steven.daprano, vstinner, larry, christian.heimes, ned.deily, dstufft
2016-06-11 10:30:58steven.dapranosetmessageid: <1465641058.72.0.740134205443.issue27293@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016-06-11 10:30:58steven.dapranolinkissue27293 messages
2016-06-11 10:30:58steven.dapranocreate