Package description for 'pycrypto'

a collection of cryptographic algorithms and protocols in Python

 The Toolkit is a collection of cryptographic algorithms and protocols,
 implemented for use from Python. The current release is 2.0.1. Among the
 contents of the package:
 - Hash functions: MD2, MD4, RIPEMD, SHA256.
 - Block encryption algorithms: AES, ARC2, Blowfish, CAST, DES, Triple-DES,
   IDEA, RC5.
 - Stream encryption algorithms: ARC4, simple XOR.
 - Public-key algorithms: RSA, DSA, ElGamal, qNEW.
 - Protocols: All-or-nothing transforms, chaffing/winnowing.
 - Miscellaneous: RFC1751 module for converting 128-key keys into a set of
   English words, primality testing.
 - Some demo programs (currently all quite old and outdated).

Various other information for package 'pycrypto'   (Repository 'public')

URL: https://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html

Author: many { see ACKS file }
Maintainer: The ROCK Linux Project

License: Unknown
Status: Stable
Version: 2.0.1

Download: https://www.amk.ca/files/python/crypto/ pycrypto-2.0.1.tar.gz

Buildtime: 2676 (5) seconds (on reference hardware)
Buildtime: 3070 (9) seconds (on reference hardware)
Package Size: 0.50 MB, 70 files

Dependencies: 00-dirtree bash2 binutils bzip2 coreutils cvm findutils gawk gcc42
Dependencies: gcc42:dev glibc26 glibc26:dev gmp gmp:dev grep linux26-headers:dev
Dependencies: ltrace mktemp python python:dev sed sysfiles tar xmame

ROCK Sources:  pycrypto.cache,  pycrypto.desc