15. Cryptographic Services
The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of
a cryptographic nature. They are available at the discretion of the
installation. Here's an overview:
| hmac |
|
Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC)
implementation for Python. |
| hashlib |
|
Secure hash and message digest algorithms. |
| md5 |
|
RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm. |
| sha |
|
NIST's secure hash algorithm, SHA. |
Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules
written by A.M. Kuchling of further interest; the package adds
built-in modules for DES and IDEA encryption, provides a Python module
for reading and decrypting PGP files, and then some. These modules
are not distributed with Python but available separately. See the URL
http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html
for more information.
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