| .. _crypto: |
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| Cryptographic Services |
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| .. index:: single: cryptography |
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| The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of a |
| cryptographic nature. They are available at the discretion of the installation. |
| On Unix systems, the :mod:`crypt` module may also be available. |
| Here's an overview: |
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| .. toctree:: |
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| hashlib.rst |
| hmac.rst |
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| .. index:: |
| pair: AES; algorithm |
| single: cryptography |
| single: Kuchling, Andrew |
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| Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules written by |
| A.M. Kuchling of further interest; the package contains modules for various |
| encryption algorithms, most notably AES. These modules are not distributed with |
| Python but available separately. See the URL http://www.pycrypto.org/ for more |
| information. |