Message 162846 - Python tracker

Message162846

Author	loewis
Recipients	arigo, christian.heimes, fijall, hynek, loewis, ncoghlan, pitrou
Date	2012-06-15.06:31:58
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In-reply-to	<1339676785.66.0.148848146387.issue15061@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On 14.06.2012 14:26, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Antoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr> added the comment: > >> It's either secure or it's not. > > I don't think that's true. By that reasoning, Python is not secure so > there's no point in fixing crashes or providing a hashlib module. The proper statement is "It's either time-independent or it's not". This is a binary state (I agree that being secure is not a binary state).

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On 14.06.2012 14:26, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> 
> Antoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr> added the comment:
> 
>> It's either secure or it's not.
> 
> I don't think that's true. By that reasoning, Python is not secure so
> there's no point in fixing crashes or providing a hashlib module.

The proper statement is "It's either time-independent or it's not".
This *is* a binary state (I agree that being secure is not a binary
state).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-06-15 06:31:59	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, arigo, ncoghlan, pitrou, christian.heimes, fijall, hynek
2012-06-15 06:31:59	loewis	link	issue15061 messages
2012-06-15 06:31:58	loewis	create