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itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="section" id="rand-an-interface-to-the-openssl-pseudo-random-number-generator"> <span id="openssl-rand"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">rand</span></code> — An interface to the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator<a class="headerlink" href="#rand-an-interface-to-the-openssl-pseudo-random-number-generator" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class="first admonition-title">Warning</p> <p class="last">Functions from this module shouldn’t be used. <a class="reference external" href="http://sockpuppet.org/blog/2014/02/25/safely-generate-random-numbers/">Use urandom</a> instead.</p> </div> <span class="target" id="module-OpenSSL.rand"></span><p>This module handles the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator (PRNG) and declares the following:</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="OpenSSL.rand.screen"> <code class="descclassname">OpenSSL.rand.</code><code class="descname">screen</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#OpenSSL.rand.screen" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Add the current contents of the screen to the PRNG state.</p> <p>Availability: Windows.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="footer navigation"> <a href="ssl.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="SSL — An interface to the SSL-specific parts of OpenSSL" accesskey="n">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></span></a> <a href="crypto.html" class="btn btn-neutral" title="crypto — 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