Re: Python and PHP encryption/decryption
Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de (DBR) wrote: DBR Jean-Claude Neveu schrieb: I'm looking for a recommendation about encryption/decryption packages for Python. I'm working on a project that will require me to store some values in a database in encrypted format. I'll be storing them from a PHP script and retrieving them (decrypting them) using Python. I'm currently using PHP's mcrypt package to encrypt the values, and I'm using AES for encryption, so something AES-compatible would be ideal. However, the project is at the development stage so I can easily change how I'm encrypting things in PHP if there is a compelling reason on the Python side of things to do so. DBR With PyCrypto[1] you have a wide range of choices, amongst others AES. DBR If that's the best algorithm, or even the best python-package to implement DBR it, I don't know. DBR [1] http://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/ Pycrypto had been stalled in development. The latest release was in 2005. There is now a new developer and that it were the link above goes, but he has not yet released anything. so you will have to do with the 2005 release. There is an alternative library: m2crypto (http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/MeTooCrypto). It is built on top of OpenSSL which is available for most platforms that have Python whereas Pycrypto has its own C implementations of crypto algorithms. M2crypto has a recent release. Also I think because OpenSSL is widely used, its vulnerabilities are easier detected and corrected, whereas I don't think that is the case for Pycrypto. M2crypto is much bigger than you need for this project, however. If that doesn't bother you I would recommend it. -- Piet van Oostrum p...@cs.uu.nl URL: http://pietvanoostrum.com [PGP 8DAE142BE17999C4] Private email: p...@vanoostrum.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python and PHP encryption/decryption
I'm looking for a recommendation about encryption/decryption packages for Python. I'm working on a project that will require me to store some values in a database in encrypted format. I'll be storing them from a PHP script and retrieving them (decrypting them) using Python. I'm currently using PHP's mcrypt package to encrypt the values, and I'm using AES for encryption, so something AES-compatible would be ideal. However, the project is at the development stage so I can easily change how I'm encrypting things in PHP if there is a compelling reason on the Python side of things to do so. Many Thanks, Jean-Claude -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python and PHP encryption/decryption
Jean-Claude Neveu schrieb: I'm looking for a recommendation about encryption/decryption packages for Python. I'm working on a project that will require me to store some values in a database in encrypted format. I'll be storing them from a PHP script and retrieving them (decrypting them) using Python. I'm currently using PHP's mcrypt package to encrypt the values, and I'm using AES for encryption, so something AES-compatible would be ideal. However, the project is at the development stage so I can easily change how I'm encrypting things in PHP if there is a compelling reason on the Python side of things to do so. With PyCrypto[1] you have a wide range of choices, amongst others AES. If that's the best algorithm, or even the best python-package to implement it, I don't know. [1] http://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/ Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python and PHP encryption/decryption
Jean-Claude Neveu jcn-france1...@pobox.com writes: I'm working on a project that will require me to store some values in a database in encrypted format. I'll be storing them from a PHP script and retrieving them (decrypting them) using Python. I'm currently using PHP's mcrypt package to encrypt the values, and I'm using AES for encryption, so something AES-compatible would be ideal. There are several python libraries that support AES in the standard operating modes. If you are doing something sensible on the PHP side, you should be able to get Python to interoperate with it. Be careful that you are doing the right things algorithmically in terms of modes, IV's, etc. If you don't know what you're doing in this area, it's best to (at minimum) seek more specific advice. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
