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Rather it would be safer to use an<br> + established scheme, you also need to think about the integrity of what you are encrypting &#8211; although you may have taken this into account. I am not an expert in cryptography and I appreciate and admire the work that has gone into PyCrypto. I am speaking from<br> + past experiences and I thought I would share these with you.</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">You may find this link useful:<br> +<a href="http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/8571/rsa-4096-with-aes-256-encryption-process-using-pycrypto"><br> +http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/8571/rsa-4096-with-aes-256-encryption-process-using-pycrypto</a></span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Kind Regards</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> pycrypto-bounces@lists.dlitz.net [mailto:pycrypto-bounces@lists.dlitz.net]<br> +<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Matthew<br><br> +<b>Sent:</b> 10 November 2011 18:32<br><br> +<b>To:</b> PyCrypto discussion list<br><br> +<b>Subject:</b> Re: [pycrypto] Public Key encryption of files</span></p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br> +<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">All good stuff, thanks Dave</p><br> +<div><br> +<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Dave Pawson &lt;<a href="mailto:dave.pawson@gmail.com">dave.pawson@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</p><br> +<div><br> +<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 10 November 2011 18:18, Dean Macinskas &lt;<a href="mailto:dmacinskas@geobridge.net">dmacinskas@geobridge.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br> +&gt; All blocks need to be 16 bytes. &nbsp;So for example, if the file is 2,000,005<br><br> +&gt; bytes, you'd encrypt 125,000 16-byte blocks; you then have 5 bytes left<br><br> +&gt; over, to which you'd add 11 padding bytes, which can be any binary value and<br><br> +&gt; then encrypt that last block.<br><br> +<br><br> +</p><br> +</div><br> +<p class="MsoNormal">def _lazysecret(secret, blocksize=32, padding='}'):<br><br> +&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;&quot;&quot;pads secret if not legal AES block size (16, 24, 32)&quot;&quot;&quot;<br><br> +&nbsp; &nbsp;if not len(secret) in (16, 24, 32):<br><br> +&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;return secret &#43; (blocksize - len(secret)) * padding<br><br> +&nbsp; &nbsp;return secret<br><br> +<br><br> +Python makes it quite easy.<br><br> +&nbsp;The reason I started to use it!<br><br> +Thanks to<br><br> +src <a href="http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/python-symmetric-encryption" target="_blank"><br> +http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/python-symmetric-encryption</a><br><br> +<br><br> +great piece of software.<br><br> +<br><br> +regards<br><br> +<span style="color:#888888"><br><br> +<br><br> +<br><br> +--<br><br> +Dave Pawson<br><br> +XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.<br><br> +Docbook FAQ.<br><br> +<a href="http://www.dpawson.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.dpawson.co.uk</a></span></p><br> +<div><br> +<div><br> +<p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br><br> +pycrypto mailing list<br><br> +<a href="mailto:pycrypto@lists.dlitz.net">pycrypto@lists.dlitz.net</a><br><br> +<a href="http://lists.dlitz.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pycrypto" target="_blank">http://lists.dlitz.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pycrypto</a></p><br> +</div><br> +</div><br> +</div><br> +<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><br> +</div><br> +</div><br> +<font size="2" face="Verdana"><br> +<p>Imran Azad<br><br> +Web Content Manager<br><br> +Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<br><br> +<br><br> +Tel: 01274 38 3556<br><br> +Mob: 07535660951<br><br> +Internet: <a href="http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk">http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk</a><br><br> +</p><br> +</font><font size="1" face="Verdana" color="gray"><br> +<p><b>Your Hospital needs YOU!</b> We need you to register as a Public, Patient or Staff member and help shape the future of your healthcare. 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