[Tutor] My Python project - an update

[Rohan Deshpande]

Out of curiousity, why md5?  Hasn't it been cracked already?  Would sha1 or
2sum be a better alternative?  I'm a newbie to this so it's just a question.

-Rohan

On 3/23/07, Dave S <pythontut at pusspaws.net> wrote:
>
> Just to say thank you.
>
> Over the last few months I have been asking a lot of dumb questions about
> python (and qt on the qt mailing list) ... anyhow I finished my pet
> project,
> all 5500 lines of it. I previously explained what it was but to recap ...
>
> I developed a QT Python app that scans both configuration and data
> collected
> from remote security systems, up to 80,000 data attributes per site.
>
> After scanning it reports any inconsistencies or errors via a GUI giving
> them
> a severity level and an option to correct the error or acknowledge and
> enter
> override text.
>
> It generates a certificate PDF with an embedded md5 authentication string
> when
> the site has been audited.
>
> >From its analysis of the data it also generates both a detailed user
> reference PDF and a detailed engineer reference PDF specifically for the
> site.
>
> In my field this has never been done before - lots of very impressed
> people
> after several demonstrations. I released it under the GPL but apparently
> my
> terms of employment state that it belongs my employer ... who does not
> want
> it on sourceforge ...
>
> Where is it now ... its being integrated into a proprietary application as
> a
> groundbreaking audit/commissioning  function (still running my Python code
> as
> a back end) and apparently I am due some kind of company reward ...
>
> My thoughts on my first Python QT project ... would have been nice if I
> could
> have given it to the community ... wonder what they will pay me ? ...
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
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