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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2009-06-23 Bob Halley <halley@dnspython.org> + + * dns/entropy.py (EntropyPool.__init__): open /dev/random unbuffered; + there's no need to consume more randomness than we need. Thanks + to Brian Wellington for the patch. + 2009-06-19 Bob Halley <halley@dnspython.org> * (Version 1.7.1 released) diff --git a/dns/entropy.py b/dns/entropy.py index ecbb48d..83262f4 100644 --- a/dns/entropy.py +++ b/dns/entropy.py @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class EntropyPool(object): self.next_byte = 0 if seed is None: try: - r = file('/dev/random') + r = file('/dev/random', 'r', 0) try: seed = r.read(16) finally: |