Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Here's my mission: simple P2P class with encryption of whatever type > > of file is being sent, and authentication via encrypted user > > name/password. So any type of file or login being sent over the net, > > any communication between the scripts should be encrypted, > > regardless of whether it is client/server communication, or file > > transfer. > Robert's suggestion was a good one, as ssh (rather than SSH) is very > good at building encrypted tunnels between arbitrary processes.
If you want to use SSL in a similar fashion, try stunnel (http://www.stunnel.org). Frankly I've never understood why ssh even exists, but it's very widespread by now, and works pretty well within its limitations. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list