| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \chapter{CRYPTOGRAPHIC EXTENSIONS} |
| 2 | |
| 3 | The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of |
| 4 | a cryptographic nature. They are available at the discretion of the |
| Guido van Rossum | 16d6e71 | 1994-08-08 12:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | installation. |
| 6 | \index{cryptography} |
| 7 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 470be14 | 1995-03-17 16:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the Python Cryptography Kit of |
| 9 | further interest; the package adds built-in modules for DES and IDEA |
| 10 | encryption, and provides a Python module for reading and decrypting |
| 11 | PGP files. The Python Cryptography Kit is not distributed with Python |
| 12 | but available separately. See the URL |
| 13 | \file{http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/\%7Efnord/crypt.html} for more information. |
| 14 | \index{PGP} |
| 15 | \indexii{DES}{cipher} |
| 16 | \indexii{IDEA}{cipher} |
| 17 | \index{Python Cryptography Kit} |