On 2007-02-22, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-02-22, Ganesan Rajagopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I am hoping to have it show up some weird un-readable text. >>> And then of course be able to convert it right back to a >>> string. Is this even possible? >> >> Looks like you just want to obfuscate the string. How about >> this? >> >> import base64 >> text = 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocius' >> open('sambleb.conf', 'w').write(base64.encodestring(text)) >> >> print base64.decodestring(open('sambleb.conf', 'r').read()) > > It'll only remain obfuscated for about 30 seconds after even a > mildly curious user looks at the file.
I should add that even "strong" encryption will only slow down a curious user by 10 minutes if the encryption/decryption key is embedded in the program... Trying to hide things from users is usually futile unless you want put a lot of work into it... -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Do you have exactly at what I want in a plaid visi.com poindexter bar bat?? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list