Python OpenSSL library

[geremy condra]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Le lundi 14 juin 2010 à 13:18 -0400, geremy condra a écrit :
>> >>
>> >> Evpy[1] is designed to be a very easy-to-use interface to OpenSSL,
>> >> although it is by design limited to doing things the right way, so it
>> >> may not meet your needs.
>> >
>> > How about contributing to the standard hashlib and ssl modules? Is
>> > there anything there that goes in the way, e.g. design-wise?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Antoine
>>
>> Evpy currently uses ctypes for its bindings, so my understanding is
>> that it isn't eligible for inclusion, but a rewrite as a C extension is
>> under way and I'd be happy to contribute that.
>
> That was not my question. My question was whether there was a reason to
> rewrite a separate OpenSSL-accessing library rather than contributing to
> improve the "hashlib" and "ssl" modules which are already part of the
> Python stdlib.

Yes. Hashlib is designed to provide cryptographic hashes, and the ssl
module to provide TLS support. Evpy provides encryption and signing.
Am I answering your question?

Geremy Condra