Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Bugbee, Larry writes: > My original post was intended to increase the awareness in those > thinking encrypted ZIP files will 1) be easy, 2) afford the > protection they desire, and 3) not lead others into a sense of > false security. All good points, but note that (even without the DMCA) at l

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3144: IP Address Manipulation Library for the Python Standard Library

2009-08-24 Thread Peter Moody
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM, DrKJam wrote: > Good evening fellow Pythonistas, > > Considering a PEP is now available I'd like to join this discussion and > raise several points with regard to both the PEP and the ipaddr reference > implementation put forward with it. Hi David, is this what pa

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3144: IP Address Manipulation Library for the Python Standard Library

2009-08-24 Thread DrKJam
Good evening fellow Pythonistas, Considering a PEP is now available I'd like to join this discussion and raise several points with regard to both the PEP and the ipaddr reference implementation put forward with it. 1) Firstly, an offering of code. I'd like to bring to your attention an example i

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Bugbee, Larry
I like the idea, but... >>> For what use case? >> I don't have a specific case in mind. In general, however, it >> would be nice to be able to protect intellectual property > This I'm also unclear about. How does it protect intellectual > property? Won't the person running the zipfile have t

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Dj Gilcrease
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Bugbee, Larry wrote: > I don't have a specific case in mind.  In general, however, it would be > nice to be able to protect intellectual property, but without addressing > the problem from a holistic view, there is little protection afforded > and perhaps a lot of u

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Bugbee, Larry wrote: >>> I like the idea, but... >> For what use case? > > I don't have a specific case in mind. In general, however, it would be > nice to be able to protect intellectual property This I'm also unclear about. How does it protect intellectual property? Won't the person running th

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Bugbee, Larry
> > I like the idea, but... > For what use case? I don't have a specific case in mind. In general, however, it would be nice to be able to protect intellectual property, but without addressing the problem from a holistic view, there is little protection afforded and perhaps a lot of unrewarded wo

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Bugbee, Larry wrote: > I like the idea, but... For what use case? -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Bugbee, Larry
I like the idea, but... Here is a quick list of things to think about and if some of this has already been mentioned, sorry. Speed: Encryption speed has been mentioned. For short scripts this may not be a problem, although algorithms implemented in C would be faster. Strength: Passwords are [

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3144: IP Address Manipulation Library for the Python Standard Library

2009-08-24 Thread Peter Moody
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > Peter Moody wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Case Vanhorsen wrote: >>> I was surprised that IP('172.16.1.1') returned >>> IPv4Address('172.16.1.1/32') instead of IPv4Address('172.16.1.1'). I >>> know I can change the behavior by usin

Re: [Python-Dev] runpy.py

2009-08-24 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2009/8/24 Chris Withers : > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> >> Anyway it looks like if someone wants to try this, only the code in >> runpy.py needs to be touched. > > Where is runpy.py to be found? $ find . -name "runpy.py" ./Lib/runpy.py -- Regards, Benjamin ___

[Python-Dev] runpy.py

2009-08-24 Thread Chris Withers
Guido van Rossum wrote: Anyway it looks like if someone wants to try this, only the code in runpy.py needs to be touched. Where is runpy.py to be found? I'm trying to find whatever implements python -m and the other python command line options... Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, B

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > -On [20090823 22:10], Guido van Rossum (gu...@python.org) wrote: >>Also, I suppose there could be (US) export problems with the code, so it >>would have to be optional (and we might not be able to build it into >>binaries we di

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for Encrypted Zip as python scripts

2009-08-24 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20090823 22:10], Guido van Rossum (gu...@python.org) wrote: >Also, I suppose there could be (US) export problems with the code, so it >would have to be optional (and we might not be able to build it into >binaries we distribute from python.org). For all I know the website and repository are b