| 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} |
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| 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 PGP files. |
| 11 | %\index{PGP}\indexii{DES}{cipher}\indexii{IDEA}{cipher} |
| 12 | %\index{Python Cryptography Kit} |