Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Sun Dec 21 19:12:30 EST 2014

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In article <mailman.17098.1419207020.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> > Heh.  I once worked on a C++ project that included its own crypo code
> > (i.e. custom implementations of things like AES and SHA-1).  The person
> > who wrote some particular bit of the code had decided that deliberately
> > obfuscating the function and variable names would somehow make it more
> > secure, so that's what he did.
> >
> > The mind boggles.  At so many levels.
> 
> Level 0: Why implement your own crypto?!?
> 
> ChrisA

That would be one of the levels.

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