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Revision 9ddd430505882eae980bab4e9a8515eac45a0f28 authored by Alex Martelli on 07 February 2005, 12:04:22 UTC, committed by Alex Martelli on 07 February 2005, 12:04:22 UTC 
tiny backport from 2.4, fix a leak in _testcapi
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tiny backport from 2.4, fix a leak in _testcapi
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libcrypto.tex 
\chapter{Cryptographic Services}
\label{crypto}
\index{cryptography}

The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of
a cryptographic nature.  They are available at the discretion of the
installation.  Here's an overview:

\localmoduletable

Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules
written by A.M. Kuchling of further interest; the package adds
built-in modules for DES and IDEA encryption, provides a Python module
for reading and decrypting PGP files, and then some.  These modules
are not distributed with Python but available separately.  See the URL
\url{http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html} 
for more information.
\index{PGP}
\index{Pretty Good Privacy}
\indexii{DES}{cipher}
\indexii{IDEA}{cipher}
\index{cryptography}
\index{Kuchling, Andrew}
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