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Oct 13, 2022

This Code Encrypts Itself

David Nugent

Engineer

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Engineering

Encryption 101

This Python code outputs an encrypted string:

s = 'evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}\
{}".format(s, s))'
evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}
{}".format(s, s))

s = 'evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}\
{}".format(s, s))'
evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}
{}".format(s, s))

s = 'evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}\
{}".format(s, s))'
evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}
{}".format(s, s))

Such as:

ev:RFVC:SK38nUPKEtpTwJis:A5jre5DMqvtTpqZN0iEvTPN9wCuMIrDHWWzCpxfPI9x0:
dYgleJ9sPOnFVyesOCoZX+3AeSg6jDqgQqrL5sPsYxN7w/jvnDJA5lkg0QWnbgH6swuaMQ
8qicWUj8CT5fTPSjNGbc9/8EVgjGh2tPyCeLk+cmIkKdIpsEAhlZVOrOQRK6PLURNV0uLO
qivlPo2Lmb1Si3g:$

ev:RFVC:SK38nUPKEtpTwJis:A5jre5DMqvtTpqZN0iEvTPN9wCuMIrDHWWzCpxfPI9x0:
dYgleJ9sPOnFVyesOCoZX+3AeSg6jDqgQqrL5sPsYxN7w/jvnDJA5lkg0QWnbgH6swuaMQ
8qicWUj8CT5fTPSjNGbc9/8EVgjGh2tPyCeLk+cmIkKdIpsEAhlZVOrOQRK6PLURNV0uLO
qivlPo2Lmb1Si3g:$

ev:RFVC:SK38nUPKEtpTwJis:A5jre5DMqvtTpqZN0iEvTPN9wCuMIrDHWWzCpxfPI9x0:
dYgleJ9sPOnFVyesOCoZX+3AeSg6jDqgQqrL5sPsYxN7w/jvnDJA5lkg0QWnbgH6swuaMQ
8qicWUj8CT5fTPSjNGbc9/8EVgjGh2tPyCeLk+cmIkKdIpsEAhlZVOrOQRK6PLURNV0uLO
qivlPo2Lmb1Si3g:$

Which decrypts to:

s = 'evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}\
{}".format(s, s))'
evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}
{}".format(s, s))

s = 'evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}\
{}".format(s, s))'
evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}
{}".format(s, s))

s = 'evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}\
{}".format(s, s))'
evervault.encrypt("s = {!r}
{}".format(s, s))

It is the encryption equivalent of a Quine! Built using the Evervault SDK.

If you’re interested in encryption, you can sign up for Evervault here.

David Nugent

Engineer

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