Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2015-06-27, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb at gmx.de> wrote:
>> On 27.06.2015 10:53, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>>>> I'm not a security expert. I'm not even a talented amateur. *Every time* I
>>>> suggest that "X is secure", the security guy at work shoots me down in
>>>> flames. But nicely, because I pay his wages <wink>
>>>
>>> Just out of interest, is _anybody_ active in this thread an expert on
>>> security?
>>
>> Yes. I've done a good 10 years of work in the field doing security
>> (mostly applied cryptography on embedded systems with a focus on side
>> channels like DPA, but also security concepts and threat/risk analysis)
>> and spent the last 3-4 years working on my PhD in the field of IT
>> security. My thesis is almost(tm) finished. I would claim to be an
>> expert, yes.
>
> Good, so this isn't like that episode of Yes Minister when they were
> trying to figure out whether to allow a chemical factory to be built.

Johannes might have all the education in the world, but he's
demonstrated quite comprehensively in this thread that he doesn't
have a clue what he's talking about.