Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-27 Thread John Nagle
Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote: Dear friends, I am newbie to Python + pygtk + Glade and recently wrote a simple password strength checker app. Since this is my first app/program, can someone review my code (just over 150 lines) and help me improve my programming capabilities Here's my cla

Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-27 Thread Aahz
In article <7xfx5sxbmw@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin wrote: > >From a security point of view, the concept >of "password strength checking" is pretty dubious. If you want secure >passwords, generate them from a random number source and assign them to >the users. Don't have the users make

Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-27 Thread Paul Rubin
Steven D'Aprano writes: > I think you're missing a word there. Relatively secure perhaps? Yes, something like that, oops. > The problem is that most users will not be a little bit careful. They > will stick the password on a Post-it note on the side of the monitor,... Right, that's what I mean

Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:14:31 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote: > "Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)" writes: >> Since this is my first app/program, can someone review my code (just >> over 150 lines) and help me improve my programming capabilities > > I didn't look at the code. From a security point of vi

Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-26 Thread Paul Rubin
"Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)" writes: > Since this is my first app/program, can someone review my code (just > over 150 lines) and help me improve my programming capabilities I didn't look at the code. From a security point of view, the concept of "password strength checking" is pretty dubiou

Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:26:21 +0530, Mallikarjun wrote: I don't know much about pygtk and Glade, but I can make a couple of comments: > class PassChecker: > > def on_check_button_toggled(self, button): > if self.pass_entry.get_visibility(): > self.pass_entry.set_visi

Re: Simple Password Strength Checker Review Help needed

2010-01-26 Thread ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್
I am really sorry, I uploaded a wrong python file. Here is the correct file 2010/1/27 Mallikarjun > Dear friends, > I am newbie to Python + pygtk + Glade and recently wrote a simple password > strength checker app. > Since this is my first app/program, can someone review my code (just over >