--- multiprocessing/process.py.old	2009-12-03 08:07:06.000000000 -0500
+++ multiprocessing/process.py	2009-12-03 08:16:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -280,7 +280,13 @@
         self._popen = None
         self._counter = itertools.count(1)
         self._children = set()
-        self._authkey = AuthenticationString(os.urandom(32))
+        # Get randomness from urandom or the 'random' module.
+        try:
+            self._authkey = AuthenticationString(os.urandom(32))
+        except:
+            import random
+            bytes = [chr(random.randrange(256)) for i in range(32)]
+            self._authkey = AuthenticationString(bytes)
         self._tempdir = None
 
 _current_process = _MainProcess()