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viraptor
on Nov 26, 2015
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UUIDs generally do not meet security requirements
Fortunately Python is safe in this case.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/uuid.py#l582
- urandom is the source for the UUID4. (same for 3.5:
https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/3.5/Lib/uuid.py#l600
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methyl
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Ruby is also safe: it uses OpenSSL/urandom for UUID:
https://github.com/sj26/ruby-1.9.3-p0/blob/master/lib/secure...
https://github.com/sj26/ruby-1.9.3-p0/blob/master/lib/secure...
pkolaczk
on Nov 26, 2015
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Java is safe as well:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/UUID.html...
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