On Saturday, 7 September 2013 13:58:43 UTC+10, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 09/06/2013 09:05 PM, Leo Carnovale wrote: > > > Ah and one other thing! What is this crypto algorithm you speak of? I > > > desperately need some sort of encryption as at the moment anyone can > > > simply open the text file and change the numbers to numbers that > > > work! Where can I learn more about it? > > > > There are two kinds of cryptography, generally. Symmetric and > > asymmetric. Your needs will dictate which system you use. Symmetric > > cryptography means that the sake encryption key that was used to encrypt > > the data is used to decrypt it. Asymmetric cryptography basically means > > one key is used to encrypt a message and another key is used to decrypt > > the message. > > > > In your case, perhaps symmetric encryption is most logical, though I'm > > not at all clear what you are doing. However you'll have to embed the > > encryption key in your python source code, which isn't hidden at all. > > And actually any program that embeds a symmetric key in its code can be > > cracked rather easily. > > > > Python has many libraries to support encryption. Some are in the > > standard library. Search for python and crypto to see what docs are > > available. You might want to read up on basic cryptography principles > > as well.
Thanks! Obviously, I need to do a lot of research. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
