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Madison May wrote:
> This issue may have been dead for 3+ years, but perhaps it's time its brought back to the surface. Aside from simple being convenient for general security practices, a stdlib module for crypto routines would enable python to handle encrypted zipfiles and resolve issues like issue9170. Currently, only hashlib and hmac are available to users (see http://docs.python.org/3/library/crypto.html).
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> I'd imagine that collaboration with the likes of Dwayne from PyCrypto or further collaboration with Geremy from Evpy would be possible, and perhaps the stdlib could build on a 3rd party crypto library. Is anyone else interested in working to make this happen (or does anyone have a good argument against a stdlib crypto library)? I imagine it would be difficult to maintain, but perhaps its at least worth giving this issue a second chance.
IMO, it's better to have crypto routines not be part of the stdlib.
Not because there's a technical reason. Making crypto code part of
the stdlib would create legal issues, e.g. make it illegal to use
in some parts of the world.
See http://www.cryptolaw.org/ for details. |
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