ANN: xhelix encryption/authentication module

[James Makela]

    There was recently an article named "Helix: Fast Encryption and
Authentication" by Niels Ferguson and Bruce Schneier, published in the Nov
2003 issue of Dr Dobbs Journal.  In it was a module written in python to
implement this encryption method.  This module works very well, but is too
slow to be used in any practical application.
    xhelix is a python C extension implementing Helix encryption and
authentication.  It is used in the same way as the Helix module descibed in
the article, but runs many, many times faster.

The project resides at:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/xhelix/

The current version is 1.0 and is released under LGPL



if you have any questions, mailto:
    jamesm249@users.sourceforge.net