ROT13 is a simple encryption method. It shifts each character of the clear text string 13 positions forward in the alphabet. This Python one-liner does ROT13 encryption for you: Don’t worry if this seems confusing. We’ll explain it all in detail below! Note: the variable cleartxt refers to the string you want to encode. It …
Python’s exec() function executes the Python code you pass as a string or executable object argument. This is called dynamic execution because, in contrast to normal static Python code, you can generate code and execute it at runtime. This way, you can run programmatically-created Python code. Have you ever wondered about the limits of a …
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Here’s the step-by-step approach of how to deploy your Dash app on Pythonanywhere.com using Flask and pip: Create an account on Pythonanywhere.com. Create a Flask application. Create a Dash application. Copy the Dash app into the Flask app. Connect the Flask server with the Dash app. Modify the WSGI configuration file. Install Dash with pip …
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Can you believe it? People use unknown and potentially insecure websites to generate their random passwords! This works as follows: A website generates a “random” password for them and they copy&paste it and assume this is a safe password because of the randomness of the characters. What a security flaw! Why? Because the website could …
This article will be fun! You’ll learn about an important concept in security: reverse shells. You’ll also learn how to create reverse shells in Python in a single line of code. So, let’s start with the big question: What is a Reverse Shell? Here’s the definition of a Reverse Shell: A reverse shell is used …