diff --git a/econtext.py b/econtext.py
index 9733f792..7bca7a2a 100644
--- a/econtext.py
+++ b/econtext.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import hmac
 import imp
 import inspect
 import os
+import random
 import select
 import sha
 import signal
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ CALL_FUNCTION = 1L
 
 DEBUG = True
 
+import sys
+sys.stderr = open('milf1', 'w', 1)
 
 #
 # Exceptions.
@@ -69,6 +72,16 @@ def Log(fmt, *args):
                          (fmt % args).replace('econtext.', '')))
 
 
+def write_all(fd, s):
+    written = 0
+    while written < len(s):
+        rc = os.write(fd, buffer(s, written))
+        if not rc:
+            raise IOError('short write')
+        written += rc
+    return written
+
+
 def CreateChild(*args):
     '''
     Create a child process whose stdin/stdout is connected to a socket.
@@ -79,15 +92,21 @@ def CreateChild(*args):
     Returns:
         pid, sock
     '''
-    sock1, sock2 = socket.socketpair()
+    parentfp, childfp = socket.socketpair()
     pid = os.fork()
     if not pid:
-        for pair in ((0, sock1), (1, sock2)):
-            os.dup2(sock2.fileno(), pair[0])
-            os.close(pair[1].fileno())
+        os.dup2(childfp.fileno(), 0)
+        os.dup2(childfp.fileno(), 1)
+        sys.stderr = open('milf2', 'w', 1)
+        childfp.close()
+        parentfp.close()
         os.execvp(args[0], args)
         raise SystemExit
-    return pid, sock1
+
+    childfp.close()
+    Log('CreateChild() child %d fd %d, parent %d, args %r',
+        pid, parentfp.fileno(), os.getpid(), args)
+    return pid, parentfp
 
 
 class PartialFunction(object):
@@ -364,7 +383,7 @@ class Stream(object):
         '''
         Log('%r.Receive()', self)
 
-        self._input_buf += os.read(self._rfd, 4096)
+        self._input_buf += os.read(self._fd, 4096)
         if len(self._input_buf) < 24:
             return
 
@@ -454,8 +473,10 @@ class Stream(object):
         
         '''
         stream = cls(context)
-        context.SetStream()
-        broker.Register(context)
+        stream.sock = sock
+        stream._fd = sock.fileno()
+        context.SetStream(stream)
+        context.broker.Register(context)
 
     def Connect(self):
         '''
@@ -540,8 +561,8 @@ class LocalStream(Stream):
         source = textwrap.dedent('\n'.join(source.strip().split('\n')[1:]))
         source = source.replace('    ', '\t')
         source = source.replace('CONTEXT_NAME', repr(self._context.name))
-        return [ self.python_path, '-c',
-                         'exec "%s".decode("hex")' % (source.encode('hex'),) ]
+        return [self.python_path, '-c',
+                'exec "%s".decode("hex")' % (source.encode('hex'),)]
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self._context)
@@ -549,7 +570,8 @@ class LocalStream(Stream):
     def Connect(self):
         Log('%r.Connect()', self)
         pid, sock = CreateChild(*self.GetBootCommand())
-        self._fd = sock.fileno()
+        self._fd = os.dup(sock.fileno())
+        sock.close()
         Log('%r.Connect(): child process stdin/stdout=%r', self, self._fd)
 
         source = inspect.getsource(sys.modules[__name__])
@@ -559,7 +581,7 @@ class LocalStream(Stream):
         compressed = zlib.compress(source)
 
         preamble = str(len(compressed)) + '\n' + compressed
-        sock.sendall(preamble)
+        write_all(self._fd, preamble)
         assert os.read(self._fd, 3) == 'OK\n'
 
 
@@ -589,10 +611,7 @@ class Context(object):
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.username = username
         self.parent_addr = parent_addr
-        if key:
-            self.key = key
-        else:
-            self.key = file('/dev/urandom', 'rb').read(16).encode('hex')
+        self.key = key or ('%016x' % random.getrandbits(128))
 
     def GetStream(self):
         return self._stream
@@ -749,8 +768,9 @@ class Broker(object):
                     os.read(self._wake_rfd, 1)
                     continue
                 elif self._listen_sock and fd == self._listen_sock.fileno():
-                    context = Context(broker)
-                    Stream.Accept(context, self._listen_sock.accept())
+                    context = Context(self)
+                    sock, addr = self._listen_sock.accept()
+                    Stream.Accept(context, sock)
                     continue
 
                 obj = self._poller_fd_map[fd]