PS: remmember that single DES has been brocken. If you're also interested in signature, this is an interesting article (a big upsate if true) http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/16/0146218&tid=93
Regards, Philippe Philippe C. Martin wrote: > I use http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html > > Regards, > > Philippe > > > > Blake T. Garretson wrote: > >> I want to save some sensitive data (passwords, PIN numbers, etc.) to >> disk in a secure manner in one of my programs. What is the >> easiest/best way to accomplish strong file encryption in Python? Any >> modern block cipher will do: AES, Blowfish, etc. I'm not looking for >> public key stuff; I just want to provide a pass-phrase. >> >> I found a few modules out there, but they seem to be all but abandoned. >> Most seem to have died several years ago. The most promising package >> is A.M. Kuchling's Python Cryptography Toolkit >> (http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html). >> >> Is this the defacto Python encryption solution? What does everyone >> else use? Any other suggestions? The SSLCrypto package >> (http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/SSLCrypto/) may be a good alternative >> too, but I am not sure if it is actively maintained. >> >> Thanks, >> Blake -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list