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  • getpass instead of raw_input

    from magicbronson on Mar 24, 2008 10:10 AM 
    see r14617 <http://trac.openplans.org/openplans/changeset/14617>

anyone heard of getpass before? i didn't know that existed until i read the
issue of python magazine they gave us at pycon :0)
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  • Re: getpass instead of raw_input

    from ianb on Mar 24, 2008 10:42 AM 
    Joshua Bronson wrote:
> see r14617 <http://trac.openplans.org/openplans/changeset/14617>
> 
> anyone heard of getpass before? i didn't know that existed until i read 
> the issue of python magazine they gave us at pycon :0)

Yeah... but I kind of don't like it, because the attack model doesn't 
make sense.  At least for a lot of cases, like a site admin password, 
where someone looking over your shoulder isn't really a problem (while 
mistyping is a problem).

   Ian

    • Re: getpass instead of raw_input

      from douglas on Mar 24, 2008 10:56 AM 
      There's an easy solution to that one... Use a confirm prompt...

On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Ian Bicking wrote:

> Joshua Bronson wrote:
>> see r14617 <http://trac.openplans.org/openplans/changeset/14617>
>> anyone heard of getpass before? i didn't know that existed until i  
>> read the issue of python magazine they gave us at pycon :0)
>
> Yeah... but I kind of don't like it, because the attack model  
> doesn't make sense.  At least for a lot of cases, like a site admin  
> password, where someone looking over your shoulder isn't really a  
> problem (while mistyping is a problem).
>
>  Ian
>
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      • Re: getpass instead of raw_input

        from magicbronson on Mar 24, 2008 11:47 AM 
        r14620 <http://trac.openplans.org/openplans/changeset/14620>

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Douglas Mayle <douglas@...>
wrote:

> There's an easy solution to that one... Use a confirm prompt...
>
> On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Ian Bicking wrote:
>
> > Joshua Bronson wrote:
> >> see r14617 <http://trac.openplans.org/openplans/changeset/14617>
> >> anyone heard of getpass before? i didn't know that existed until i
> >> read the issue of python magazine they gave us at pycon :0)
> >
> > Yeah... but I kind of don't like it, because the attack model
> > doesn't make sense.  At least for a lot of cases, like a site admin
> > password, where someone looking over your shoulder isn't really a
> > problem (while mistyping is a problem).
> >
> >  Ian
> >
> >
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