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Title: Language on the "Cryptographic Services" documentation page is out of date
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.5, Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: alex, docs@python, python-dev
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Created on 2016-01-09 20:41 by alex, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg257857 - (view) Author: Alex Gaynor (alex) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-01-09 20:41
https://docs.python.org/2/library/crypto.html
https://docs.python.org/3/library/crypto.html

This language has a number of issues:
- Crypto isn't just for "Hardcore cypherpunks" anymore, it's a necessary component of a great many software projects
- PyCrypto isn't maintained by A.M. Kuchling any longer
- (IMO) it's no longer the recommended library for cryptography in Python
- The page should probably also point people towards the ssl module.
msg257898 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2016-01-10 07:56
New changeset 84fdbdd483a3 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7':
delete old crypto prose (closes #26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/84fdbdd483a3

New changeset d8944e059c7f by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4':
delete old crypto prose (closes #26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d8944e059c7f

New changeset cc9ffb4829e7 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.5':
merge 3.4 (#26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cc9ffb4829e7

New changeset 8ee02ec9b634 by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'default':
merge 3.5 (#26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8ee02ec9b634
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:26adminsetgithub: 70254
2016-01-10 07:56:52python-devsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg257898

resolution: fixed
stage: resolved
2016-01-09 20:42:03alexsettitle: Language on the "Cryptographic Services" is out of date -> Language on the "Cryptographic Services" documentation page is out of date
2016-01-09 20:41:56alexcreate