Don't generate insecure passwords where it's easy to use urandom instead

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/nova/console/manager.py b/nova/console/manager.py
index 57c75cf4f..bfa571ea9 100644
--- a/nova/console/manager.py
+++ b/nova/console/manager.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ConsoleProxyManager(manager.Manager):
         except exception.NotFound:
             logging.debug(_("Adding console"))
             if not password:
-                password = self.driver.generate_password()
+                password = utils.generate_password(8)
             if not port:
                 port = self.driver.get_port(context)
             console_data = {'instance_name': name,
diff --git a/nova/console/xvp.py b/nova/console/xvp.py
index 68d8c8565..0cedfbb13 100644
--- a/nova/console/xvp.py
+++ b/nova/console/xvp.py
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ class XVPConsoleProxy(object):
         """Trim password to length, and encode"""
         return self._xvp_encrypt(password)
 
-    def generate_password(self, length=8):
-        """Returns random console password"""
-        return os.urandom(length * 2).encode('base64')[:length]
-
     def _rebuild_xvp_conf(self, context):
         logging.debug(_("Rebuilding xvp conf"))
         pools = [pool for pool in
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 87e726394..199ee8701 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -262,13 +262,25 @@ def generate_mac():
     return ':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac))
 
 
-def generate_password(length=20):
-    """Generate a random sequence of letters and digits
-    to be used as a password. Note that this is not intended
-    to represent the ultimate in security.
+# Default symbols to use for passwords. Avoids visually confusing characters.
+# ~6 bits per symbol
+DEFAULT_PASSWORD_SYMBOLS = ("23456789"  # Removed: 0,1
+                            "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"  # Removed: I, O
+                            "abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz")  # Removed: l
+
+
+# ~5 bits per symbol
+EASIER_PASSWORD_SYMBOLS = ("23456789"  # Removed: 0, 1
+                           "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ")  # Removed: I, O
+
+
+def generate_password(length=20, symbols=DEFAULT_PASSWORD_SYMBOLS):
+    """Generate a random password from the supplied symbols.
+
+    Believed to be reasonably secure (with a reasonable password length!)
     """
-    chrs = string.letters + string.digits
-    return "".join([random.choice(chrs) for i in xrange(length)])
+    r = random.SystemRandom()
+    return "".join([r.choice(symbols) for _i in xrange(length)])
 
 
 def last_octet(address):