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For when you need some random keys as a string, with optional starting value and optional length
import random
def randomKey(start=None, bytes=16):
if start is None:
part = "%02x" % random.randint(0,255)
return randomKey(part, bytes)
elif len(start.split(" ")) == bytes:
return start
else:
part = "%s %02x" % (start, random.randint(0,255))
return randomKey(part, bytes)
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