| Guido van Rossum | ecde781 | 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \chapter{Cryptographic Services} |
| Fred Drake | 1f3ab1c | 1998-02-18 15:22:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | \label{crypto} |
| Guido van Rossum | ecde781 | 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | \index{cryptography} |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
| 5 | The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of |
| 6 | a cryptographic nature. They are available at the discretion of the |
| Guido van Rossum | ecde781 | 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | installation. Here's an overview: |
| 8 | |
| Fred Drake | b91e934 | 1998-07-23 17:59:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | \localmoduletable |
| Guido van Rossum | 16d6e71 | 1994-08-08 12:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 761f792 | 1996-07-23 18:16:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules |
| Andrew M. Kuchling | 755c268 | 2005-12-22 19:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | written by A.M. Kuchling of further interest; the package contains |
| 13 | modules for various encryption algorithms, most notably AES. These modules |
| Guido van Rossum | 761f792 | 1996-07-23 18:16:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | are not distributed with Python but available separately. See the URL |
| Andrew M. Kuchling | f010df4 | 2001-11-05 21:30:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | \url{http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html} |
| 16 | for more information. |
| Andrew M. Kuchling | 755c268 | 2005-12-22 19:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | \indexii{AES}{algorithm} |
| Guido van Rossum | 761f792 | 1996-07-23 18:16:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | \index{cryptography} |
| Fred Drake | 85ea68b | 1998-04-04 06:46:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | \index{Kuchling, Andrew} |