[Me:] > Probably the simplest encryption module would be Paul Rubin's p3.py . > It only requires the standard library. > > http://www.nightsong.com/phr/crypto/p3.py
[Ed Hotchkiss wrote:] > Awesome. I just started Python today so I'd have no idea ... how good is > this encryption compared to PGP? I thought you were just playing around. If you're actually interested in security, *don't* implement protocols yourself. There's more to security than the encryption algorithm. That said, it's Paul's own algorithm, so it hasn't been tested and attacked as thoroughly as PGP's algorithms. It relies on the security of the underlying hash. Unfortunately, that hash has been broken recently, although I'm not sure if that break actually affects the security of how it's used in this algorithm. Paul could tell you more. > Any info on using this file? Didn't see > any on this guys site ... It's fairly straightforward. The _test() function should be self-explanatory once you learn some more Python (which I suggest you do before entrusting secure data to code that you write). -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
