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     2 .. _crypto:

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     5 Cryptographic Services

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     8 .. index:: single: cryptography

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    10 The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of a

    11 cryptographic nature.  They are available at the discretion of the installation.

    12 Here's an overview:

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    15 .. toctree::

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    17    hashlib.rst

    18    hmac.rst

    19    md5.rst

    20    sha.rst

    21 .. index::

    22    pair: AES; algorithm

    23    single: cryptography

    24    single: Kuchling, Andrew

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    26 Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules written by

    27 A.M. Kuchling of further interest; the package contains modules for various

    28 encryption algorithms, most notably AES.  These modules are not distributed with

    29 Python but available separately.  See the URL

    30 http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html  for more information.

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