A great discussion that highlights some common misconceptions in Python security. Here is the pyvideo link: http://pyvideo.org/video/634/advanced-security-topic

A great discussion that highlights some common misconceptions in Python security. Here is the pyvideo link: http://pyvideo.org/video/634/advanced-security-topics http://pyvideo.org/video/634/advanced-security-topics. Some quick notes: 1. Don't use `from random import choice`. Use `from random import SystemRandom()`. 2. PyPi should not be used with abandon. 3. Use HMAC for hashing (and salt). 4. Don't write your own encryption (unless you're a cryptographer, perhaps). 5. Use JSON for untrusted data (or another serialization format with a safe deserializer).