Add FAQ about source of randomness (/dev/urandom versus /dev/random).
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module, instead it will be given in the documentation as a recipe (à la
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the recipes in the ``itertools`` module) [30]_.
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* Q: Will ``secrets`` use /dev/random (which blocks) or /dev/urandom (which
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doesn't block) on Linux? What about other platforms?
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A: ``secrets`` will be based on ``os.urandom`` and ``random.SystemRandom``,
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which are interfaces to your operating system's best source of
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cryptographic randomness. On Linux, that may be ``/dev/urandom`` [31]_,
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on Windows it may be ``CryptGenRandom()``, but see the documentation
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and/or source code for the detailed implementation details.
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References
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.. [30] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-September/036488.html
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.. [31] http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2014/02/25/safely-generate-random-numbers/
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http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/
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Copyright
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