Best Encryption for Python Client/Server

[Ed Hotchkiss]

Is SSL something which needs a script to register (and pay for) a
certificate, or is it just another form of encryption ... also - is there a
free implementation of OpenSSL for windows, and is openSSL a default
application with *NIX?
Thanks.


 On 9/19/05, James Stroud <jstroud at mbi.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> SSH can be used for functionality like this, through tunneling. You can
> even
> tunnel interprocess communication through SSH. Its not exceptionally
> complicated.
>
>
>
> On Sunday 18 September 2005 13:36, Ed Hotchkiss wrote:
> > Let us say that I am trying to create a very small and simple private
> > network/connection between several scripts on different machines, to
> > communicate instructions/data/files etc. to each other over the net. Is
> SSL
> > the best method? Any recommendations of something to get started with?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
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