Which Crypto Library?

[James Stroud]

GiBo wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I need some encryption done in my Python 2.5 application. I wonder
> what's the most recommended library? I've found M2crypto and some
> OpenSSL wrappers and Python Cryptography Toolkit and some others. No
> surprise I'm confused :-)
> 
> What's the most often used library for crypto?
> 
> For now I need a simple AES, no asymmetric crypto or GPG involved.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> GiBo
> 
> 
> 

I use pycrypto without any simplification wrappers (e.g. ezPyCrypto) and 
it seems straightforward to me. You might try the simplification 
wrappers though.

James