Encryption with Python

[Larry Bates]

Take a look at pyCrypto.  My understanding is that
it provides python wrapper around C crypto functions.
Can't get much faster than that.

http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html

HTH,
Larry Bates

"Kamilche" <klachemin at home.com> wrote in message
news:889cbba0.0406221926.3f4e5776 at posting.google.com...
> I've looked at a few alternatives for encryption with Python, and
> didn't come up anything very speedy.
>
> I've written an encryption algorithm in pure Python that can process
> 22 megs of data a second. I know it's not secure, but it should be
> enough to ward off casual hacking. Does someone know of something
> speedier?
>
> --Kamilche