[PYTHON-CRYPTO] Existing python APIs

PC Drew drewpc at COLORADO.EDU
Sat Feb 17 21:23:43 CET 2001


Quoting Jeremy Hylton <jeremy at alum.mit.edu>:

> >>>>> "AA" == Andrew Archibald <aarchiba at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>   AA> Hi, It seems like it would be useful to take a look at existing
>   AA> pthon APIs before attempting to design a unified one.
>
> Would something based on the Java crypto APIs make sense?  I am not
> familiar with them, except that I'm aware they exist.  Using the same
> API for Python would certainly make life easy for Jython users.
>
> If people who are familiar with the Java APIs don't think we should
> use them, it would be interesting to know why.  Are there any lessons
> learned from the Java project?


I think that's a great idea.  Does anyone know the URL off the top of their
head?  I'm thinking it's off of java.sun.com...anyone know?



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