Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!bcyclone04.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone04.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'algorithm': 0.04; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'language.': 0.14; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'stuff.': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'sort': 0.25; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'stuff': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'plans': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'whilst': 0.36; 'behind': 0.37; 'level': 0.37; 'implement': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'results': 0.69; 'applying': 0.72; 'subject:Hello': 0.72; 'cryptography': 0.91; 'subject:World': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Hello World Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 02:56:31 +0000 References: <54957226$0$12975$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <54971df7$0$30820$b1db1813$ba2d9d20@news.astraweb.com> <54974ed7$0$12986$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-27-29.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1419217211 news.xs4all.nl 2928 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45877 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 3581 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2267877313 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:82745 On 22/12/2014 00:20, mm0fmf wrote: > On 22/12/2014 00:10, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Level 0: Why implement your own crypto?!? > > Because people who don't understand the concepts behind cryptography > don't understand that the crypto algorithm can be open whilst the > results of applying the algorithm are secure. > > There again I always use ROT-13 to encrypt my stuff. For the stuff that > really has to be NSA-proof I use ROT-13 twice. > That is the sort of cunning plan that is even more cunning than the very best of Baldrick's cunning plans :) -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence