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| author | Legrandin <gooksankoo@hoiptorrow.mailexpire.com> | 2012-05-14 19:18:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Legrandin <gooksankoo@hoiptorrow.mailexpire.com> | 2012-05-14 19:18:52 +0200 |
| commit | d946a0aa4ebcc82316a3e42fbb69305e4d44dcd1 (patch) | |
| tree | 127b73a849c3168a1aee8511ead63fc17946e4d9 | |
| parent | d42c964da40167f345e0f62d49ce41d47e75b3cd (diff) | |
| download | pycrypto-d946a0aa4ebcc82316a3e42fbb69305e4d44dcd1.tar.gz | |
Added cipher type column
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Crypto/Cipher/__init__.py | 40 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Crypto/Cipher/__init__.py b/lib/Crypto/Cipher/__init__.py index 5b7faaa..7afed2d 100644 --- a/lib/Crypto/Cipher/__init__.py +++ b/lib/Crypto/Cipher/__init__.py @@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ The symmetric encryption modules here all support the interface described in PEP If you don't know which algorithm to choose, use AES because it's standard and has undergone a fair bit of examination. -====================== ==================== -Module name Description -====================== ==================== -Crypto.Cipher.AES Advanced Encryption Standard -Crypto.Cipher.ARC2 Alleged RC2 -Crypto.Cipher.ARC4 Alleged RC4 -Crypto.Cipher.Blowfish Blowfish -Crypto.Cipher.CAST CAST -Crypto.Cipher.DES The Data Encryption Standard. - Very commonly used in the past, - but today its 56-bit keys are too small. -Crypto.Cipher.DES3 Triple DES. -Crypto.Cipher.XOR The simple XOR cipher. -====================== ==================== +======================== ======= ======================== +Module name Type Description +======================== ======= ======================== +`Crypto.Cipher.AES` Block Advanced Encryption Standard +`Crypto.Cipher.ARC2` Block Alleged RC2 +`Crypto.Cipher.ARC4` Stream Alleged RC4 +`Crypto.Cipher.Blowfish` Block Blowfish +`Crypto.Cipher.CAST` Block CAST +`Crypto.Cipher.DES` Block The Data Encryption Standard. + Very commonly used in the past, + but today its 56-bit keys are too small. +`Crypto.Cipher.DES3` Block Triple DES. +`Crypto.Cipher.XOR` Stream The simple XOR cipher. +======================== ======= ======================== Asymmetric algorithms @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ for encryption. Put differently, sender and receiver each own one half of a key pair. The encryption key is often called ``public`` whereas the decryption key is called ``private``. -======================== ======================= -Module name Description -======================== ======================= -Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_v1.5 PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption, based on RSA key pairs -Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_OAEP PKCS#1 OAEP encryption, based on RSA key pairs -======================== ======================= +========================== ======================= +Module name Description +========================== ======================= +`Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_v1_5` PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption, based on RSA key pairs +`Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_OAEP` PKCS#1 OAEP encryption, based on RSA key pairs +========================== ======================= :undocumented: __revision__, __package__, _AES, _ARC2, _ARC4, _Blowfish _CAST, _DES, _DES3, _XOR |