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 | |
| 9 | \begin{description} |
| 10 | |
| 11 | \item[md5] |
| 12 | --- RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | \item[mpz] |
| 15 | --- Interface to the GNU MP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | \item[rotor] |
| 18 | --- Enigma-like encryption and decryption. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | \end{description} |
Guido van Rossum | 16d6e71 | 1994-08-08 12:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
Guido van Rossum | 761f792 | 1996-07-23 18:16:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules |
| 23 | written by Andrew Kuchling of further interest; the package adds |
| 24 | built-in modules for DES and IDEA encryption, provides a Python module |
| 25 | for reading and decrypting PGP files, and then some. These modules |
| 26 | are not distributed with Python but available separately. See the URL |
Fred Drake | ff3f0d0 | 1998-01-22 20:45:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | \url{http://www.magnet.com/\~amk/python/pct.html} or send email to |
| 28 | \email{amk@magnet.com} for more information. |
Guido van Rossum | 470be14 | 1995-03-17 16:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | \index{PGP} |
Fred Drake | fb74a46 | 1998-02-13 14:52:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | \index{Pretty Good Privacy} |
Guido van Rossum | 470be14 | 1995-03-17 16:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | \indexii{DES}{cipher} |
| 32 | \indexii{IDEA}{cipher} |
Guido van Rossum | 761f792 | 1996-07-23 18:16:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | \index{cryptography} |