def CreateClosedPacket(self,
reason,
reasonCode=None,
reasonArgs={},
exception=None):
msg = 'Creating Closed Packet: ' + reason
if exception:
msg += ' exception:' + repr(exception)
log.general.Log(msg, log.LGINFO)
etype = GPSRemoteTransportClosed
etype = GPSTransportClosed
exception = None
packet = macho.Dumps(
etype(reason, reasonCode, reasonArgs, exception=exception))
return self.cryptoContext.OptionalSymmetricEncryption(packet)
def HandleClientAuthentication(self, loggedOnUserCount, transportID,
counter, sessionID, eveInVIP):
"""
The (proxy) server-side of the client authentication protocol. 'loggedOnUserCouunt' is the number
of users logged into entire cluster, 'transportID' ID of connecting transport, 'sessionID' is the
transport's (fresh, new) sessionID, 'counter' the number of times the transport has entered the
authentication protocol before this call.
"""
timer = Enter('machoNet::GPS::HandleClientAuthentication')
try:
try:
updateInfo = sm.GetService('machoNet').GetValidClientCodeHash()
except:
log.general.Log('Clienthash info not available', log.LGINFO)
updateInfo = const.responseUnknown
response = (170472, macho.version,
loggedOnUserCount, boot.version, boot.build,
str(boot.codename) + '@' + str(boot.region),
updateInfo)
self.UnEncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps(response))
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutClientNotCompatible'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_CLIENTCOMPATIBILITYHANDSHAKE')
handshakeTimeout = prefs.GetValue(
'GpsCompatibilityHandshakeTimeout',
120) * (10 if counter else 1)
log.general.Log(
'GPS[%d]: HandleClientAuthentication waiting for handshake (timeout=%ds, counter=%d)'
% (transportID, handshakeTimeout, counter), log.LGINFO)
response = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.UnEncryptedRead, (),
message=message,
timeout=handshakeTimeout))
if '@' in response[5]:
codename, region = response[5].split('@')
else:
codename, region = response[5], ''
if str(boot.region) != region:
if boot.role == 'client':
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Region Code Mismatch (common.ini:region) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (region, str(boot.region)), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRegion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEREGION')
return 'ERR'
if str(boot.codename) != codename:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Code Name Mismatch (common.ini:codename) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (codename, str(boot.codename)), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRelease'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLERELEASE')
return 'ERR'
if boot.version != response[3]:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Version Mismatch (common.ini:version) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (response[3], boot.version), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleVersion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEVERSION')
return 'ERR'
if macho.version != response[1]:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Macho Version Mismatch - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (response[1], macho.version), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleProtocol'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEPROTOCOL')
return 'ERR'
if boot.build > response[4]:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Build Mismatch (common.ini:build) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (response[4], boot.build), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleBuild'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEBUILD')
return 'ERR'
log.general.Log(
'LLV Reading Client Crypto Context OR VIP Key OR Queue Check',
log.LGINFO)
vipKey = None
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutNoCompatibilityHandshake'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_CLIENTSECUREHANDSHAKE')
clientCryptoContextPacket = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.UnEncryptedRead, (),
message=message))
if clientCryptoContextPacket[
0] is None and clientCryptoContextPacket[1] == 'VK':
vipKey = clientCryptoContextPacket[2]
if clientCryptoContextPacket[
0] is None and clientCryptoContextPacket[1] == 'VK':
log.general.Log(
'LLV Reading Client Crypto Context OR Queue Check',
log.LGINFO)
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutNoCompatibilityHandshake'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_CLIENTSECUREHANDSHAKE')
clientCryptoContextPacket = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.UnEncryptedRead, (),
message=message))
if counter == 0:
sm.GetService('machoNet').PutTransportInLogonQueue(transportID)
logonQueuePosition = sm.GetService(
'machoNet').GetLogonQueuePosition(transportID, vipKey)
if clientCryptoContextPacket[
0] is None and clientCryptoContextPacket[1] == 'QC':
if eveInVIP:
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/NotAcceptingConnections'),
'ACL_NOTACCEPTING')
return 'OK'
log.general.Log('Logon Queue Position Query - Complete',
log.LGINFO)
self.UnEncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps(logonQueuePosition))
return 'OK'
log.general.Log('LLV Reading Client Crypto Context', log.LGINFO)
keyVersion, request = clientCryptoContextPacket
if keyVersion != getattr(macho, 'publicKeyVersion', 'placebo'):
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Public Key Mismatch - Public Key Version is %s but should be %s'
% (keyVersion, getattr(macho, 'publicKeyVersion',
'placebo')), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/IncompatiblePublicKey'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEPUBLICKEY')
return 'ERR'
log.general.Log('LLV Initializing Crypto Context', log.LGINFO)
request = self.cryptoContext.Initialize(request)
if type(request) != types.DictType:
self.Close('Handshake Failed - ' + request)
return 'ERR'
self.UnEncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps('OK CC'))
passwordVersion = 0
userName = None
passwordVersionOK = False
passwordVersionAttempteRemaining = 2
while not passwordVersionOK:
if passwordVersionAttempteRemaining < 1:
self.Close('Password version handshake failure')
return 'ERR'
passwordVersionAttempteRemaining -= 1
log.general.Log('LLV Reading Secure Client Handshake',
log.LGINFO)
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutNoCompatibilityHandshake'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_CLIENTSECUREHANDSHAKE')
clientChallenge, request2 = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.EncryptedRead, (),
message=message))
request.update(request2)
log.general.Log('LLV Verifying Secure Client Handshake',
log.LGINFO)
for k in self.__mandatory_fields__:
if k not in request:
self.Close('Handshake corrupt, missing %s' % k)
return 'ERR'
if passwordVersion == 0 or userName != request['user_name']:
passwordVersion = 2
userName = request['user_name']
if passwordVersionAttempteRemaining == 1:
log.general.Log('LLV Writing password version', log.LGINFO)
self.EncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps(passwordVersion))
if passwordVersion == 1:
if request['user_password'] is not None:
passwordVersionOK = True
else:
passwordVersionOK = True
log.general.Log('LLV Performing Version Check', log.LGINFO)
if str(boot.region) != request['boot_region']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Boot Region Mismatch - Boot Region is %s but should be %s'
% (request['boot.region'], str(boot.region)), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRegion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEREGION')
return 'ERR'
if str(boot.codename) != request['boot_codename']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Boot Code Name Mismatch - Boot Code Name is %s but should be %s'
% (request['boot.codeName'], str(boot.codename)),
log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRelease'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLERELEASE')
return 'ERR'
if boot.version != request['boot_version']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Boot Version Mismatch - Boot Version is %s but should be %s'
% (request['boot.version'], boot.version), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleVersion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEVERSION')
return 'ERR'
if macho.version != request['macho_version']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Macho Version Mismatch - Macho Version is %s but should be %s'
% (request['macho.version'], macho.version), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleProtocol'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEPROTOCOL')
return 'ERR'
if boot.build > request['boot_build']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Boot Build Mismatch - Boot Build is %s but should be at least %s'
% (request['boot.build'], boot.build), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleBuild'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEBUILD')
return 'ERR'
if len(clientChallenge) != self.handShakePaddingLength:
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/IncorrentHandshakePadding',
current=len(clientChallenge),
expected=self.handShakePaddingLength))
return 'ERR'
handShakeHash = Crypto.CryptoHash(clientChallenge)
try:
globalConfig = sm.GetService('machoNet').GetGlobalConfig()
except:
log.LogException()
globalConfig = {}
log.general.Log('LLV Generating Server Challenge', log.LGINFO)
dict = {
'challenge_responsehash': handShakeHash,
'macho_version': macho.version,
'boot_version': boot.version,
'boot_build': boot.build,
'boot_codename': str(boot.codename),
'boot_region': str(boot.region),
'cluster_usercount': loggedOnUserCount,
'proxy_nodeid': sm.GetService('machoNet').GetNodeID(),
'user_logonqueueposition': logonQueuePosition,
'config_vals': globalConfig
}
serverChallenge = Crypto.GetRandomBytes(
self.handShakePaddingLength)
log.general.Log('LLV Crypting Server Challenge', log.LGINFO)
import handshake
code = marshal.dumps(handshake.GetHandshakeFunc())
ch = (serverChallenge, Crypto.Sign(code), {}, dict)
log.general.Log('LLV Writing Server Challenge', log.LGINFO)
self.EncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps(ch))
if not request['user_name'] or not (
request['user_password'] or
request['user_password_hash']) or logonQueuePosition > 1:
return 'OK'
if vipKey and vipKey != Crypto.CryptoHash(
util.CaseFold(request['user_name'] or '')):
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/HandshakeFailedVIPKey'))
return 'ERR'
log.general.Log('LLV Reading Client Challenge-Response',
log.LGINFO)
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutClientTimeout'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_CLIENTRESPONSETOSERVERCHALLENGE')
challengeResponse, funcOutput, funcResult = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.EncryptedRead, (), message=message))
if challengeResponse != Crypto.CryptoHash(serverChallenge):
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/HandshakeFailedHashMismatch'))
return 'ERR'
verification = handshake.Verify(funcOutput, funcResult, request)
if verification is not None:
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/HandshakeFailedVerificationFailure',
verification=verification),
'HANDSHAKE_FAILEDVERIFICATION')
return 'ERR'
request['handshakefunc_output'] = funcOutput
request['handshakefunc_result'] = funcResult
try:
authenticationResult = sm.GetService('machoNet').Authenticate(
self, request, sessionID)
request.update(authenticationResult)
except UserRejectedByVIP:
if not sm.GetService('machoNet').IsClusterShuttingDown():
log.general.Log(
"Handshake Failed - VIP Check - The cluster is running in VIP mode, and you're not kewl",
log.LGINFO)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/NotAcceptingConnections'),
'ACL_NOTACCEPTING')
return 'OK'
except UserError as e:
self.Close(e.msg, e.msg, e.dict)
return 'ERR'
except RuntimeError as e:
self.Close(e.msg, e.msg, e.dict)
return 'ERR'
except Exception:
log.LogException('Handshake Failed - Server Failure')
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/HandshakeFailedServerFailure'))
return 'ERR'
authenticationResult['live_updates'] = sm.GetService(
'liveUpdateMgr').GetLiveUpdates(request)
authenticationResult['client_hash'] = sm.GetService(
'machoNet').GetValidClientCodeHash()
log.general.Log('LLV Writing Server Challenge-Response-Ack',
log.LGINFO)
self.EncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps(authenticationResult))
log.general.Log('LLV Succeeded', log.LGINFO)
self.handShake = request
return request
finally:
Leave(timer)
def Authenticate(self, username, password, token):
"""
The client-side of the client authentication protocol. 'token' is an SSO auth token or None,
"""
timer = Enter('machoNet::GPS::Authenticate')
try:
message = (
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutNoCompatibilityHandshake'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_FAILEDSERVERINITIATECOMPATIBILITYHANDSHAKE')
response = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.UnEncryptedRead, (),
message=message))
insecresp = {
'macho_version': response[1],
'cluster_usercount': response[2],
'boot_version': response[3],
'boot_build': response[4],
'update_info': response[6]
}
if '@' in response[5]:
insecresp['boot_codename'], insecresp[
'boot_region'] = response[5].split('@')
else:
insecresp['boot_codename'], insecresp[
'boot_region'] = response[5], ''
if str(boot.region) != insecresp['boot_region']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Region Mismatch (common.ini:region) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (insecresp['boot_region'], str(boot.region)), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRegion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEREGION')
raise GPSTransportClosed(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRegion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEREGION',
machoVersion=response[1],
version=response[3],
build=response[4],
codename=insecresp['boot_codename'],
region=insecresp['boot_region'],
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
if str(boot.codename) != insecresp['boot_codename']:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Code Name Mismatch (common.ini:codename) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (insecresp['boot_codename'], str(boot.codename)),
log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRelease'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLERELEASE')
raise GPSTransportClosed(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleRelease'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLERELEASE',
machoVersion=response[1],
version=response[3],
build=response[4],
codename=insecresp['boot_codename'],
region=insecresp['boot_region'],
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
if boot.version != response[3]:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Version Mismatch (common.ini:version) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (response[3], boot.version), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleVersion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEVERSION')
raise GPSTransportClosed(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleVersion'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEVERSION',
machoVersion=response[1],
version=response[3],
build=response[4],
codename=insecresp['boot_codename'],
region=insecresp['boot_region'],
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
if macho.version != response[1]:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Macho Version Mismatch - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (response[1], macho.version), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleProtocol'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEPROTOCOL')
raise GPSTransportClosed(localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleProtocol'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEPROTOCOL',
machoVersion=response[1],
version=response[3],
build=response[4],
codename=insecresp['boot_codename'],
region=insecresp['boot_region'],
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
if boot.build < response[4]:
log.general.Log(
'Handshake Failed - Insecure Boot Build Mismatch (common.ini:build) - Server: %s - Client: %s'
% (response[4], boot.build), log.LGERR)
self.Close(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleBuild'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEBUILD')
raise GPSTransportClosed(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleBuild'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEBUILD',
machoVersion=response[1],
version=response[3],
build=response[4],
codename=insecresp['boot_codename'],
region=insecresp['boot_region'],
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
request = (170472, macho.version, 0, boot.version, boot.build,
str(boot.codename) + '@' + str(boot.region))
self.UnEncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps(request))
if username:
self.UnEncryptedWrite(
macho.Dumps((None, 'VK',
Crypto.CryptoHash(util.CaseFold(username)))))
if username is None:
self.UnEncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps((None, 'QC')))
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutNoCompatibilityHandshake'
), 'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_FAILEDSERVERINITIATECOMPATIBILITYHANDSHAKE'
)
logonQueuePosition = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.UnEncryptedRead, (),
message=message))
sm.GetService('machoNet').SetLogonQueuePosition(
logonQueuePosition)
return insecresp
log.general.Log('LLV Initializing Crypto Context', log.LGINFO)
request = self.cryptoContext.Initialize()
if type(request) != types.DictType:
log.general.Log('LLV Crypto Init Context failure: ' + request,
log.LGERR)
self.Close('Crypto Initialization Failure')
raise GPSTransportClosed(
localization.GetByLabel('/Carbon/GPS/IncompatibleBuild'),
'HANDSHAKE_INCOMPATIBLEBUILD',
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
log.general.Log('LLV Sending Encrypted Session Key', log.LGINFO)
self.UnEncryptedWrite(
macho.Dumps((getattr(macho, 'publicKeyVersion',
'placebo'), request)))
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutClientNotCompatible'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_CLIENTCOMPATIBILITYHANDSHAKE')
macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.UnEncryptedRead, (),
message=message))
log.general.Log('LLV Generating Secure Client Handshake',
log.LGINFO)
affiliateID = 0
try:
aidfile = blue.ResFile()
if aidfile.Open('res:/aid.txt'):
affiliateID = int(str(aidfile.Read()))
else:
log.general.Log(
'No aid.txt file present in res directory.',
log.LGINFO)
except StandardError:
log.general.Log(
'No affiliate ID present, or failed to read aid.txt',
log.LGERR)
sys.exc_clear()
dict = {
'macho_version': macho.version,
'boot_version': boot.version,
'boot_build': boot.build,
'boot_codename': str(boot.codename),
'boot_region': str(boot.region),
'user_name': username,
'user_password': None,
'user_password_hash': macho.PasswordHash(username, password),
'user_languageid': prefs.GetValue('languageID', 'EN'),
'user_affiliateid': affiliateID,
'user_sso_token': token
}
clientChallenge = Crypto.GetRandomBytes(
self.handShakePaddingLength)
log.general.Log('LLV Writing Secure Client Handshake', log.LGINFO)
self.EncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps((clientChallenge, dict)))
log.general.Log('LLV Reading password version', log.LGINFO)
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutServerTimeout'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_SERVERSECUREHANDSHAKE')
passwordVersion = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.EncryptedRead, (), message=message))
if passwordVersion == 1:
dict['user_password'] = password
dict['user_password_hash'] = None
log.general.Log(
'LLV Writing Secure Client Handshake (Attempt 2)',
log.LGINFO)
self.EncryptedWrite(macho.Dumps((clientChallenge, dict)))
log.general.Log('LLV Reading Crypted Server Handshake', log.LGINFO)
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutServerTimeout'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_SERVERSECUREHANDSHAKE')
serverChallenge, signedFunc, context, response = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.EncryptedRead, (), message=message))
log.general.Log('LLV Verifying Response Hash', log.LGINFO)
if response['challenge_responsehash'] != Crypto.CryptoHash(
clientChallenge):
self.Close(
"Server response signature incorrect, the server's crypto hash wasn't correct"
)
raise GPSTransportClosed(
"Server response signature incorrect, the server's crypto hash wasn't correct",
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
if response.get('user_logonqueueposition', 0) >= 2:
sm.GetService('machoNet').SetLogonQueuePosition(
response['user_logonqueueposition'])
raise UserError(
'AutLogonFailureTotalUsers',
{'position': response['user_logonqueueposition']})
try:
sm.GetService('machoNet').UpdateGlobalConfig(
response.get('config_vals', {}))
except:
log.LogException()
outputBuffer, funcResult = self.__Execute(signedFunc, context)
log.general.Log('LLV Writing Secure Challenge-Response',
log.LGINFO)
self.EncryptedWrite(
macho.Dumps((Crypto.CryptoHash(serverChallenge), outputBuffer,
funcResult)))
log.general.Log('LLV Reading Ack to Challenge-Response',
log.LGINFO)
message = (localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ConnectionTimeoutChallengeFailure'),
'HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_SERVERRESPONSETOCLIENTCHALLENGE')
crAck = macho.Loads(
self.ApplyWithTimeout(self.EncryptedRead, (), message=message))
if not crAck:
self.Close("Server didn't ACK our Challenge-Response")
raise GPSTransportClosed(localization.GetByLabel(
'/Carbon/GPS/ChallengeResponseNotAcknowledged'),
loggedOnUserCount=response[2])
response.update(crAck)
if 'live_updates' in response:
live_updates = response['live_updates']
del response['live_updates']
for theUpdate in live_updates:
sm.ScatterEvent('OnLiveClientUpdate', theUpdate.code)
log.general.Log('LLV Succeeded', log.LGINFO)
self.handShake = response
return response
finally:
Leave(timer)
def GetPickle(self):
if not hasattr(self, 'thePickle'):
self.__dict__['thePickle'] = machobase.Dumps(self)
self.__dict__['pickleSize'] = len(self.thePickle)
return self.thePickle