Well, actually, ssh can also protect private keys with a cryptographic
pass phrase. But this is often not what is wanted as it implies that the
user needs to provide the pass phrase every time it is used. (Well,
that's not the complete truth, man ssh-agent, but that's completely
different thing
And if it's a string constant, in many cases running strings (Unix
program) on the pyc file will reveal it too.
All this basically turns down to the problem, that it's hard to embed an
encryption key in a program, so that it's not possible to extract it.
Notice the the current crop of HDDVD/Blu
On Friday 29 February 2008 16:30, Trey Keown wrote:
> Hey all,
> Been away for a while. So, I'm in the process of making a program for
> encrypting and decrypting strings of text. And I was wondering how it
> would be possible to perhaps keep keys in a .pyc file, and keep them
> from being isolat
Trey Keown wrote:
> mmm... So, what would be an effective way to hide the data's key?
> I'm kind of new to the whole encryption scene, although I've had some
> experience with it whilst working on homebrew software on gaming
> platforms.
I don't know, I'm not a crypto expert. I guess it depends p
Trey Keown wrote:
> is it
> possible to decompile things within a .pyc file?
Yes, it is possible. There is a commercial service that will do this,
for older versions of Python at least.
To figure out a secret key kept in a .pyc file it might be enough to
disassemble functions in the module; tha
"Trey Keown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> from being isolated, and messages being intercepted. So... is it
> possible to decompile things within a .pyc file?
Yes its definitely possible and in fact not even difficult - the tools
come with Python.
Do not do that if you want real security. Use a s
Hey all,
Been away for a while. So, I'm in the process of making a program for
encrypting and decrypting strings of text. And I was wondering how it
would be possible to perhaps keep keys in a .pyc file, and keep them
from being isolated, and messages being intercepted. So... is it
possible to de
