[Python-Dev] Fast Implementation for ZIP decryption

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:55:33 pm Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> > Does it sound worthy enough to create a patch for and integrate
> > into python itself?
>
> Probably not, given that people think that the algorithm itself is
> fairly useless.

I would think that for most people, the threat model isn't "the CIA is 
reading my files" but "my little brother or nosey co-worker is reading 
my files", and for that, zip encryption with a good password is 
probably perfectly adequate. E.g. OpenOffice uses it for 
password-protected documents.

Given that Python already supports ZIP decryption (as it should), are 
there any reasons to prefer the current pure-Python implementation over 
a faster version?


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Steven D'Aprano