Triple-DES implementation in Python

[Paul Rubin]

Georg Bisseling <Georg.Bisseling at pallas.com> writes:
> I would go to www.OpenSSL.org, get a free C implementation,
> learn how to integrate C extensions into python and do it.

It's not that easy.  You'd then have to make loadable modules for
every computer and OS that anyone who wants to use the function might
be running.  There are plenty of C implementations of DES already
linked to Python, but it's useful to also have a pure Python
implementation.