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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2011-03-27 11:15:58 +0100
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2011-03-27 11:15:58 +0100
commit97a09df7f039bc01284e00b9c51a7e9bc34fdffb (patch)
treeaa137edc3013e8ce559e775aded1d1917a53e711 /obnamlib/encryption.py
parent75c2677c91ead1f91d71fbfaf09ba554f4b9b894 (diff)
downloadobnam-97a09df7f039bc01284e00b9c51a7e9bc34fdffb.tar.gz
Implement generate_symmetric_key.
Diffstat (limited to 'obnamlib/encryption.py')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/obnamlib/encryption.py b/obnamlib/encryption.py
index 1e468fc3..08a65a37 100644
--- a/obnamlib/encryption.py
+++ b/obnamlib/encryption.py
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
def generate_symmetric_key(numbits):
'''Generate a random numbits key for symmetric encryption.'''
-
+ bytes = numbits / 8
+ f = open('/dev/random', 'rb')
+ key = f.read(bytes)
+ f.close()
+
+ return key