Kolya on 30/3/2009 at 10:52
1. I agree that RavynousHunter should point out the nature of his program on a page where it's for download. Then again, if you're looking for a way to securely encrypt you're private data and download a program from a gaming page for that cause, you probably have no idea what you're doing anyway and are just trying to hide your porn from your mum. A purpose that GEP fullfills easily.
2. The pro and cons of this have all been discussed months ago when RavynousHunter started the thread. In the end, whether your belief is right or wrong doesn't matter, it's his decision how he wants to learn.
3. I was just starting to have some fun with it!
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http://www.strangebedfellows.de/Smileys/sbf/wtfU.gifjune gloom on 30/3/2009 at 17:19
If that's a stick, you've got an entire redwood forest, Marecki.
Aja on 30/3/2009 at 19:34
Dear Diary: today I went on the internet to ridicule an amateur programmer's learning methods. I'm not sure if he listened to me, but at least now I can sleep tonight with a clear conscience, knowing I did the right thing!
Marecki on 30/3/2009 at 22:24
dethtoll: What, no airplane? Don't you love me any more? :(
Aja: And that's where you're wrong, my patent-pending Ridiculomatic(TM) allows me not only to post entire novellas without engaging a single brain cell, but also magically detects when gets affected by my posts! Work on automatic E-Peen extension following the latter is ongoing.
june gloom on 30/3/2009 at 23:12
My airplanes have been filtered, so now I just wish for a 747 to land on your house.
RavynousHunter on 31/3/2009 at 19:32
Quote Posted by Marecki
2. Even if he is just learning it is my belief he should try to do it by the book rather than employing the gung-ho approach. That way he is less likely to learn
bad practices;
That's where I have the MSDN to help me. I tried learning by the book for several languages, in the end, however, I find that simply doing something and "checking my work," so to speak, works far better
for me. Sure, maybe you learn better by the book, but I don't.
Now for a more asinine comment:
Go back to your college class you nancy. :laff:
Ulukai on 31/3/2009 at 19:37
Quote Posted by Marecki
PS. Ulukai: While learning through trial and error is certainly important, fields such as security are too sensitive to allow for silly mistakes - especially given books are available on- and off-line discussing best and worst practices of cryptography.
Couldn't disagree more.
But hell with it and welcome to last month. I'm not having this discussion
again for your benefit.
Al_B on 31/3/2009 at 21:48
I agree (with Ulukai). Security is actually very little to do with encryption and anyone that accidentily decides that this program is the best way to secure government secrets probably needs their head examining anyway.
Learning a language, proper syntax and correct algorithms all at the same time is a very tall order. RavynousHunter is learning the language and I'm sure in time will concentrate on the other areas.
RavynousHunter on 22/6/2009 at 22:35
I'm working on a new version of the GEP, version 1.6, to be exact. It's taken quite some time, but I've finally found the parts I need to start this work in earnest.
Also, for those interested, I've started a blog for (
http://ravynousdezign.blogspot.com) Ravynous Dezign so you dudes can keep track of my progress and whatnot. Of course, I'll keep ya'll posted, but this allows me to have one nice, centralized location to keep all my progress updates on my projects; not just the GEP.
Have A Day,
-- RH-00
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Marecki on 30/6/2009 at 00:20
Quote Posted by Ulukai
Couldn't disagree more.
Quote Posted by Al_B
Security is actually very little to do with encryption
Interesting... What do you think about (
http://cwe.mitre.org/top25/#CWE-327) this, then?
RavynousHunter: If you haven't done this yet, I strongly encourage you to read the whole document available under that link. It may help you a lot.
