The US government has recently made various relaxations to the export control policies applied to encryption software, particularly when the source code is available. As a result, the Python cryptography modules are now available world-wide, with no CGI script or other foolery required to download them. The URL is: ftp://starship.python.net/pub/crew/amk/crypto/ This is not a new release of the code, and the modules are still no longer maintained. Do *not* write new software that uses them, because I was young and stupid when I wrote them, so their design is poor in several ways. Instead, now that I'm slightly older :), I advise you to should use mxCrypto or M2Crypto instead. This release is mostly of historical interest; people outside the US working on crypto code can now check their compatibility with my original modules. == A.M. Kuchling http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/ I can see you've been doing the TARDIS up a bit. I don't like it. -- The second Doctor, in "The Three Doctors" <P><A HREF="ftp://starship.python.net/pub/crew/amk/crypto/">Cryptography modules now available worldwide</A> - re-release of (historical) crypto modules; may now be downloaded world-wide due to relaxed US export control policies; however, please use mxCrypto or M2Crypto for new projects instead. (17-Jan-2000) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------