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diff --git a/old/api/2.6/Crypto.Cipher-module.html b/old/api/2.6/Crypto.Cipher-module.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d91a51 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/api/2.6/Crypto.Cipher-module.html @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ascii"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<head> + <title>Crypto.Cipher</title> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="epydoc.css" type="text/css" /> + <script type="text/javascript" src="epydoc.js"></script> +</head> + +<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="blue" vlink="#204080" + alink="#204080"> +<!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== --> +<table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" + bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0"> + <tr valign="middle"> + <!-- Home link --> + <th> <a + href="Crypto-module.html">Home</a> </th> + + <!-- Tree link --> + <th> <a + href="module-tree.html">Trees</a> </th> + + <!-- Index link --> + <th> <a + href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a> </th> + + <!-- Help link --> + <th> <a + href="help.html">Help</a> </th> + + <!-- Project homepage --> + <th class="navbar" align="right" width="100%"> + <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr><th class="navbar" align="center" + ><a href="http://www.pycrypto.org/">PyCrypto.org</a></th> + </tr></table></th> + </tr> +</table> +<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr valign="top"> + <td width="100%"> + <span class="breadcrumbs"> + <a href="Crypto-module.html">Package Crypto</a> :: + Package Cipher + </span> + </td> + <td> + <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + <!-- hide/show private --> + <tr><td align="right"><span class="options" + >[<a href="frames.html" target="_top">frames</a + >] | <a href="Crypto.Cipher-module.html" + target="_top">no frames</a>]</span></td></tr> + </table> + </td> + </tr> +</table> +<!-- ==================== PACKAGE DESCRIPTION ==================== --> +<h1 class="epydoc">Package Cipher</h1><p class="nomargin-top"></p> +<p>Symmetric- and asymmetric-key encryption algorithms.</p> +<p>Encryption algorithms transform plaintext in some way that +is dependent on a key or key pair, producing ciphertext.</p> +<div class="rst-section" id="rst-symmetric-algorithms"> +<h1 class="heading">Symmetric algorithms</h1> +<p>Encryption can easily be reversed, if (and, hopefully, only if) +one knows the same key. +In other words, sender and receiver share the same key.</p> +<p>The symmetric encryption modules here all support the interface described in PEP +272, "API for Block Encryption Algorithms".</p> +<p>If you don't know which algorithm to choose, use AES because it's +standard and has undergone a fair bit of examination.</p> +<table border="1" class="rst-docutils"> +<colgroup> +<col width="34%" /> +<col width="10%" /> +<col width="56%" /> +</colgroup> +<thead valign="bottom"> +<tr><th class="rst-head">Module name</th> +<th class="rst-head">Type</th> +<th class="rst-head">Description</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody valign="top"> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.AES-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.AES</a></td> +<td>Block</td> +<td>Advanced Encryption Standard</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.ARC2-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.ARC2</a></td> +<td>Block</td> +<td>Alleged RC2</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.ARC4-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.ARC4</a></td> +<td>Stream</td> +<td>Alleged RC4</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.Blowfish-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.Blowfish</a></td> +<td>Block</td> +<td>Blowfish</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.CAST-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.CAST</a></td> +<td>Block</td> +<td>CAST</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.DES-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.DES</a></td> +<td>Block</td> +<td>The Data Encryption Standard. +Very commonly used in the past, +but today its 56-bit keys are too small.</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.DES3-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.DES3</a></td> +<td>Block</td> +<td>Triple DES.</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.XOR-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.XOR</a></td> +<td>Stream</td> +<td>The simple XOR cipher.</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> +</div> +<div class="rst-section" id="rst-asymmetric-algorithms"> +<h1 class="heading">Asymmetric algorithms</h1> +<p>For asymmetric algorithms, the key to be used for decryption is totally +different and cannot be derived in a feasible way from the key used +for encryption. Put differently, sender and receiver each own one half +of a key pair. The encryption key is often called <tt class="rst-docutils literal">public</tt> whereas +the decryption key is called <tt class="rst-docutils literal">private</tt>.</p> +<table border="1" class="rst-docutils"> +<colgroup> +<col width="36%" /> +<col width="64%" /> +</colgroup> +<thead valign="bottom"> +<tr><th class="rst-head">Module name</th> +<th class="rst-head">Description</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody valign="top"> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_v1_5-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_v1_5</a></td> +<td>PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption, based on RSA key pairs</td> +</tr> +<tr><td><a href="Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_OAEP-module.html" class="link">Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_OAEP</a></td> +<td>PKCS#1 OAEP encryption, based on RSA key pairs</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> +</div> + +<!-- ==================== SUBMODULES ==================== --> +<a name="section-Submodules"></a> +<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" + cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> +<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> + <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header"> + <span class="table-header">Submodules</span></td> +</tr> + <tr><td class="summary"> + <ul class="nomargin"> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.AES-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.AES</a></strong>: <em class="summary">AES symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.ARC2-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.ARC2</a></strong>: <em class="summary">RC2 symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.ARC4-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.ARC4</a></strong>: <em class="summary">ARC4 symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.Blowfish-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.Blowfish</a></strong>: <em class="summary">Blowfish symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.CAST-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.CAST</a></strong>: <em class="summary">CAST-128 symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.DES-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.DES</a></strong>: <em class="summary">DES symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.DES3-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.DES3</a></strong>: <em class="summary">Triple DES symmetric cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_OAEP-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_OAEP</a></strong>: <em class="summary">RSA encryption protocol according to PKCS#1 OAEP</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_v1_5-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.PKCS1_v1_5</a></strong>: <em class="summary">RSA encryption protocol according to PKCS#1 v1.5</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.XOR-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.XOR</a></strong>: <em class="summary">XOR toy cipher</em> </li> + <li> <strong class="uidlink"><a href="Crypto.Cipher.blockalgo-module.html">Crypto.Cipher.blockalgo</a></strong>: <em class="summary">Module with definitions common to all block ciphers.</em> </li> + </ul></td></tr> +</table> + +<br /> +<!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== --> +<table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" + bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0"> + <tr valign="middle"> + <!-- Home link --> + <th> <a + href="Crypto-module.html">Home</a> </th> + + <!-- Tree link --> + <th> <a + href="module-tree.html">Trees</a> </th> + + <!-- Index link --> + <th> <a + href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a> </th> + + <!-- Help link --> + <th> <a + href="help.html">Help</a> </th> + + <!-- Project homepage --> + <th class="navbar" align="right" width="100%"> + <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr><th class="navbar" align="center" + ><a href="http://www.pycrypto.org/">PyCrypto.org</a></th> + </tr></table></th> + </tr> +</table> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%%"> + <tr> + <td align="left" class="footer"> + Generated by Epydoc 3.0.1 on Thu May 24 09:02:36 2012 + </td> + <td align="right" class="footer"> + <a target="mainFrame" href="http://epydoc.sourceforge.net" + >http://epydoc.sourceforge.net</a> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<script type="text/javascript"> + <!-- + // Private objects are initially displayed (because if + // javascript is turned off then we want them to be + // visible); but by default, we want to hide them. 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