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61 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1733' xml:id='l2h-1733' class="function">urandom</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
62 | <td><var>n</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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64 | Return a string of <var>n</var> random bytes suitable for cryptographic use. | |
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67 | This function returns random bytes from an OS-specific | |
68 | randomness source. The returned data should be unpredictable enough for | |
69 | cryptographic applications, though its exact quality depends on the OS | |
70 | implementation. On a UNIX-like system this will query /dev/urandom, and | |
71 | on Windows it will use CryptGenRandom. If a randomness source is not | |
72 | found, <tt class="exception">NotImplementedError</tt> will be raised. | |
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