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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting |
| Date | 2015-06-24 18:29 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <mmesv6$8a8$3@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
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On 2015-06-24, Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> wrote:
> On 06/24/2015 06:36 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> I don't understand how mangling the data is supposed to protect the
>> recipient. Don't they have the ability unmangle the data, and thus
>> expose themselves to whatever nasties are in the files?
>
> They never look at the data and wouldn't care to unmangle it.
I obviously don't "get it". If the recipient is never going look at
the data or unmangle it, why not convert every received file to a
single null byte? That way you save on disk space as well --
especially if you just create links for all files after the initial
one. ;)
[I supposed next you're going to tell me that Windows filesystems
don't support links.]
> The purpose is primarily to prevent automated software (file
> indexers, virus scanners) from doing bad things to the data.
Life under windows must be more tiresome than I imagined (or could
imagine) if you have to jump through such hoops to keep "automated
software" from doing bad things to your data files.
--
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Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> - 2015-06-23 14:02 -0500
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-24 21:36 +1000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-24 14:02 +0000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-06-24 08:52 -0700
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-24 16:16 +0000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-25 02:23 +1000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-24 18:23 +0000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-24 21:24 -0400
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-25 01:55 +1000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-06-24 09:09 -0700
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> - 2015-06-24 13:20 -0500
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-24 18:29 +0000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> - 2015-06-24 14:00 -0500
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-24 21:24 +0000
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> - 2015-06-24 18:13 -0500
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-24 21:33 -0400
Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> - 2015-06-25 14:41 -0500
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