Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: simple-crypt
Version: 0.1.8
Summary: Simple encryption and decryption for Python 3
Home-page: https://github.com/andrewcooke/simple-crypt
Author: Andrew Cooke
Author-email: andrew@acooke.org
License: UNKNOWN
Description: 
        What Does Simple Crypt Do?
        --------------------------
        
        Simple Crypt encrypts and decrypts data.  It has two functions, ``encrypt``
        and ``decrypt``::
        
            from simplecrypt import encrypt, decrypt
            encrypted = encrypt('password', plaintext)
            plaintext = decrypt('password', encrypted)
        
        That's it.  You can see the implementation on
        `github <https://github.com/andrewcooke/simple-crypt/blob/master/src/simplecrypt/__init__.py>`_.
        
        Why Should I Use Simple Crypt?
        ------------------------------
        
        * It uses standard, well-known algorithms, closely following the
          recommendations `here <http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-06-11-cryptographic-right-answers.html>`_.
        
        * It uses routines from the established `pycrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto>`_
          library (the cipher used is AES256).
        
        * It includes a check (an HMAC with SHA256) to warn when encrypted data are
          modified.
        
        * It tries to make things as secure as possible when poor quality passwords
          are used (PBKDF2 with SHA256, a 128 bit salt, and 10,000 rounds).  But that
          doesn't mean you should use a poor password!
        
        * Using a library, rather than writing your own code, means that we have less
          solutions to the same problem.  That means more chance of finding bugs, which
          means more reliable, more secure code.
        
        * If simple-crypt does have a bug, the use of a header in the encrypted data
          means that you will be able to deploy a fixed version that still handles
          older data.  So you can safely update without breaking existing users.
        
        What Else Should I Know?
        ------------------------
        
        * You must also install ``pycrypto``.
        
        * The outputs from ``encrypt`` and ``decrypt`` are ``bytes``.  If you started
          with string input then you can convert the output from ``decrypt`` using
          ``.decode('utf8')``.
        
        ::
        
            mystring = decrypt('password', encrypted).decode('utf8')
            
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: Public Domain
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Topic :: Security
Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
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