Tim Golden wrote: > On 15/01/2010 15:43, r0g wrote: >> Distributed password cracking? It's really simple yet potentially >> engaging and could be a good segway into teaching them about >> computability and security. All you need is a bunch of password hashes >> and a wordlist. > > At the moment, that's pretty much what my example is. I'm hanging > on to other people's examples in the event that I get the chance > to make use of them. And, yes, I intend to use it as an opportunity > to talk about security issues. > > Thanks for confirming that the idea is at least credible. > > TJG > > (BTW, is segway a conventional way of spelling that where you come > from? I've not seen it written that way before.)
No, it turns out not. I've never encountered the written form of it before (until I googled it just now to check!) so I had assumed it was spelled as per the freaky gyroscopically stabilized scooter things. Good luck with the course. Cheers, Roger. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
