Decrease urandom entropy drain

bbangert · Apr 20, 2012 · 6539442 · 6539442
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commit 6539442
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diff --git a/beaker/session.py b/beaker/session.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def _encrypt_data(self, session_data=None):
         """Serialize, encipher, and base64 the session dict"""
         session_data = session_data or self.copy()
         if self.encrypt_key:
-            nonce = b64encode(os.urandom(40))[:8]
+            nonce = b64encode(os.urandom(6))[:8]
             encrypt_key = crypto.generateCryptoKeys(self.encrypt_key,
                                              self.validate_key + nonce, 1)
             data = util.pickle.dumps(session_data, 2)