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Re: How good is security via hashing

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geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> writes:
> # adds random junk to the filename- should make it hard to guess
> rrr = os.urandom(16)
> fname += base64.b64encode(rrr)

Don't use b64 output in a filename -- it can have slashes in it!  :-(

Simplest is to use old fashioned hexadeimal for stuff like that, unless
the number of chars is a significant problem.  Go for a more complicated
encoding if you must.

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Re: How good is security via hashing geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 13:02 -0700
  Re: How good is security via hashing Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-07 13:42 -0700
    Re: How good is security via hashing Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 14:58 -0600
    Re: How good is security via hashing geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 14:41 -0700
    Re: How good is security via hashing Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2011-06-08 10:13 +0100
      Re: How good is security via hashing Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-06-08 13:30 +0200

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