Encryption with Python?

[Henk-Jan de Jong]

Blake T. Garretson wrote:
> I want to save some sensitive data (passwords, PIN numbers, etc.) to
> disk in a secure manner in one of my programs.  What is the
> easiest/best way to accomplish strong file encryption in Python?  Any
> modern block cipher will do: AES, Blowfish, etc.  I'm not looking for
> public key stuff; I just want to provide a pass-phrase.
> 
> I found a few modules out there, but they seem to be all but abandoned.
>  Most seem to have died several years ago.  The most promising package
> is A.M. Kuchling's Python Cryptography Toolkit
> (http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html).
> 
> Is this the defacto Python encryption solution?  What does everyone
> else use?  Any other suggestions?  The SSLCrypto package
> (http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/SSLCrypto/) may be a good alternative
> too, but I am not sure if it is actively maintained.
> 
> Thanks,
> Blake
> 

There's a DES implementation at

http://home.pacific.net.au/~twhitema/des.html