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- <H1>12. Cryptographic Services</H1>
- 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:
- <P>
- <DL>
- <DT><B>md5</B><DD>--- RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm.
- <P>
- <DT><B>mpz</B><DD>--- Interface to the GNU MP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic.
- <P>
- <DT><B>rotor</B><DD>--- Enigma-like encryption and decryption.
- <P>
- </DL>
- Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules
- written by Andrew 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
- <FILE>http://www.magnet.com/~amk/python/pct.html</FILE> or send email to
- <FILE>amk@magnet.com</FILE> for more information.
- <H2>Menu</H2><DL COMPACT>
- <DT><A HREF="../m/md5" TYPE=Menu>md5</A>
- <DD><DT><A HREF="../m/mpz" TYPE=Menu>mpz</A>
- <DD><DT><A HREF="../r/rotor" TYPE=Menu>rotor</A>
- <DD></DL>
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