Existing python APIs

Jeremy Hylton jeremy at alum.mit.edu
Sun Feb 18 18:22:58 CET 2001


>>>>> "MS" == Michael Ströder <michael at STROEDER.COM>> writes:

  MS> Andrew Archibald wrote:
  >>
  >> - pisces: implements SPKI.  Lives on top of amkCrypto.  Provides
  >>   a whole
  >> lot of interoperability and serialization functions.  Wraps
  >> yarrow.  What do people think of the API?  I've never used it.

  MS> IMHO it's the most Pythonic implementation of a crypto protocol.
  MS> E.g. things like RSA key classes etc. I mainly used (and
  MS> patched) the ASN.1 module for parsing X.509 certs/CRLs.

BTW, I have had some conversations with CNRI recently and think there
may be an opportunity to re-release Pisces with an OSI-approved,
GPL-compatible license.  If this happens, I'm going to start a
SourceForge project.

Keep your fingers crossed :-).

Jeremy





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