[PYTHON-CRYPTO] Usage of python-crypto (or M2Crypto?) for read p7m signed files

[Mads Kiilerich]

On 08/24/2009 10:38 AM, Luca Fabbri wrote:
> I'm looking the web to find a way to access content on .p7m digital
> signed files.
>
> I really had problems to find how to do this, event looking at
> google... What I need is NOT sign files, or verify signed files, but
> only be able to extract PDF, DOC file inside.
>
> Can someone tell me if python-crypto is the way, or use M2Crypto?
>    

python-crypto currently mostly contains low-level crypto stuff. Higher 
level applications of crypto in protocols must be found elsewhere.

M2crypto might be a better alternative for S/MIME.

> Also can be usefull for me to know how to get examples about this.
>    

http://www.google.com/search?q=m2crypto+s%2Fmime seems to give good answers

/Mads