Re: [Tutor] Accessing Yahoo with Python?

2016-10-09 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote: > I realize that my question is not about the standard library. The only > reason I am asking here is, if I remember correctly, a regular contributor, > Danny Yoo, works at Yahoo. I am hoping he, or someone else here can help me > understand what i

Re: [Tutor] Decrypting a Password

2016-10-09 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 09/10/16 10:42, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Are you sure? That's very bad practice and never needed >> in the real world. > > You've never used a password vault then? That's true, I've never seen a secure one, so I never use them. Same with browsers doing auto-authentication, a terrible idea!

Re: [Tutor] Decrypting a Password

2016-10-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Oct 09, 2016 at 09:29:07AM +0100, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > On 09/10/16 01:50, Linda Gray wrote: > > > I am working on a homework assignment that has me creating a password saver > > using a ceasar cipher code. I was provided the key to the cipher and two > > passwords. I need to loo

Re: [Tutor] Decrypting a Password

2016-10-09 Thread Peter Otten
Linda Gray wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a homework assignment that has me creating a password > saver > using a ceasar cipher code. I was provided the key to the cipher and two > passwords. I need to look up and decrypt the passwords and create a > program to add a password and delete a

Re: [Tutor] Decrypting a Password

2016-10-09 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 09/10/16 01:50, Linda Gray wrote: > I am working on a homework assignment that has me creating a password saver > using a ceasar cipher code. I was provided the key to the cipher and two > passwords. I need to look up and decrypt the passwords Are you sure? That's very bad practice and neve

Re: [Tutor] Python Shell

2016-10-09 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 08/10/16 20:43, Alan Clarke wrote: > I created a program called HW.py that runs under a command prompt, > but Python Shell gives the following error: How are you running it in the Python shell? > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in > HW.py > NameError: name 'HW'

[Tutor] Decrypting a Password

2016-10-09 Thread Linda Gray
Hello, I am working on a homework assignment that has me creating a password saver using a ceasar cipher code. I was provided the key to the cipher and two passwords. I need to look up and decrypt the passwords and create a program to add a password and delete a password (options 2, 3 and 7). I