call of non-function (type string) error

[Kalle Svensson]

Sez Graham Guttocks:
> >>> CIPHER = "DES3"
> >>> Crypto = __import__("Crypto.Cipher.%s" % CIPHER)
> >>> cipher = getattr(Crypto.Cipher, CIPHER)
> >>> cipherobj = cipher.new(KEY, CIPHER+".CBC", IV)
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.0/site-packages/Crypto/Ciphers.py", line 84, in
> __init__
>     self.instance = self.C_new(key,mode,IV)
> TypeError: an integer is required

Perhaps try
>>> cipherobj = cipher.new(KEY, cipher.CBC, IV)
or
>>> cipherobj = cipher.new(KEY, Crypto.CBC, IV)

I have no idea what module you're using, haven't read the previous messages
in the thread and so on.  This is just a guess...

Peace,
  Kalle
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