Encryption with Python?

[Philippe C. Martin]

PS: remmember that single DES has been brocken. If you're also interested in
signature, this is an interesting article (a big upsate if true)
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/16/0146218&tid=93

Regards,

Philippe
 

Philippe C. Martin wrote:

> I use http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 
> 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