Issue #13703: add a way to randomize the hash values of basic types (str, bytes, datetime)

in order to make algorithmic complexity attacks on (e.g.) web apps much more complicated.

The environment variable PYTHONHASHSEED and the new command line flag -R control this
behavior.
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Georg Brandl 2012-02-20 19:54:16 +01:00
parent ec1712a166
commit 2daf6ae249
32 changed files with 660 additions and 152 deletions

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@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
import sys
import os
import re
import os.path
import tempfile
import subprocess
@ -19,11 +18,15 @@ def _assert_python(expected_success, *args, **env_vars):
cmd_line = [sys.executable]
if not env_vars:
cmd_line.append('-E')
cmd_line.extend(args)
# Need to preserve the original environment, for in-place testing of
# shared library builds.
env = os.environ.copy()
# But a special flag that can be set to override -- in this case, the
# caller is responsible to pass the full environment.
if env_vars.pop('__cleanenv', None):
env = {}
env.update(env_vars)
cmd_line.extend(args)
p = subprocess.Popen(cmd_line, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
env=env)