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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).
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. |
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2013-08-02 21:43:00 | madison.may | set | recipients:
+ madison.may, lemburg, loewis, georg.brandl, gregory.p.smith, exarkun, ncoghlan, pitrou, vstinner, giampaolo.rodola, christian.heimes, lorph, heikki, mcepl, eric.araujo, debatem1, dmalcolm, daniel.urban, mcrute, jsamuel, devin |
2013-08-02 21:42:59 | madison.may | set | messageid: <1375479779.99.0.778346245122.issue8998@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2013-08-02 21:42:59 | madison.may | link | issue8998 messages |
2013-08-02 21:42:59 | madison.may | create | |
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