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| From | Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: How good is security via hashing |
| Date | 2011-06-08 10:13 +0100 |
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On 07/06/2011 21:42, Paul Rubin wrote: > 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. we have been using base62 ie 0-9A-Za-z just to reduce the name length. -- Robin Becker
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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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