Re: is there a facility in pyramid for sending/validating encrypted cookies ?

2012-03-01 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
ok, mostly ported over. https://github.com/jvanasco/insecure_but_secure_enough i'll have it on pypi shortly - having a pain with getting the distribution right while watching a puppy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to

Re: is there a facility in pyramid for sending/validating encrypted cookies ?

2012-02-29 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
Thanks, I'll look into the signed cookies. That might be good enough for my current needs. I should have been more clear... The cookie structure is basically: PAYLOAD[ 2-way-encryption + date ]::CHECKSUM I added the checksum for lightweight validation, before doing anything on the payload wh

Re: is there a facility in pyramid for sending/validating encrypted cookies ?

2012-02-28 Thread Michael Merickel
a) Your example with the checksum isn't encryption, so watch your jargon. Pyramid doesn't ship with any encryption capabilities. b) See p.session.signed_serialize and p.session.signed_deserialize for signing a payload. http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/1.3-branch/api/session.html#p

is there a facility in pyramid for sending/validating encrypted cookies ?

2012-02-28 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
I didn't find anything in the docs, but I figured it would be worth asking. I am porting over a login system from Pylons. One of the elements has a "cookie_autologin", which sets a 30day cookie if someone clicks "remember me". the contents of the cookie are a lightweight payload + checksum. I f