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Jean-Paul Calderone | 897bc25 | 2008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | <H1><A NAME="SECTION000400000000000000000"> </A> |
| 47 | <BR> |
| 48 | 3 <tt class="module">OpenSSL</tt> -- Python interface to OpenSSL |
| 49 | </H1> |
| 50 | |
| 51 | <P> |
| 52 | |
| 53 | |
| 54 | <P> |
| 55 | This package provides a high-level interface to the functions in the |
| 56 | OpenSSL library. The following modules are defined: |
| 57 | |
| 58 | <P> |
| 59 | <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-2'><tt>crypto</tt></a></b> |
| 60 | <dd> |
| 61 | Generic cryptographic module. Note that if anything is incomplete, this module is! |
| 62 | </dl> |
| 63 | |
| 64 | <P> |
| 65 | <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-3'><tt>rand</tt></a></b> |
| 66 | <dd> |
| 67 | An interface to the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator. |
| 68 | </dl> |
| 69 | |
| 70 | <P> |
| 71 | <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-4'><tt>SSL</tt></a></b> |
| 72 | <dd> |
| 73 | An interface to the SSL-specific parts of OpenSSL. |
| 74 | </dl> |
| 75 | |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 897bc25 | 2008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | <!--Table of Child-Links--> |
| 80 | <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | <LI><A NAME="tex2html113" |
Jean-Paul Calderone | 897bc25 | 2008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | href="openssl-crypto.html">3.1 <tt class="module">crypto</tt> -- Generic cryptographic module </A> |
| 85 | <UL> |
Jean-Paul Calderone | 657d3ec | 2008-09-21 18:59:46 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | <LI><A NAME="tex2html114" |
Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | href="openssl-x509ext.html">3.1.1 X509Extension objects </A> |
Jean-Paul Calderone | 657d3ec | 2008-09-21 18:59:46 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | <LI><A NAME="tex2html115" |
Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | href="openssl-x509.html">3.1.2 X509 objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | href="openssl-x509name.html">3.1.3 X509Name objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | href="openssl-x509req.html">3.1.4 X509Req objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | href="openssl-x509store.html">3.1.5 X509Store objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | href="openssl-pkey.html">3.1.6 PKey objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | href="openssl-pkcs7.html">3.1.7 PKCS7 objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 78caacc | 2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | href="openssl-netscape-spki.html">3.1.10 NetscapeSPKI objects </A> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 897bc25 | 2008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | </UL> |
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Jean-Paul Calderone | 897bc25 | 2008-02-18 20:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | href="openssl-ssl.html">3.3 <tt class="module">SSL</tt> -- An interface to the SSL-specific parts of OpenSSL </A> |
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