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I&nbsp;am&nbsp;looking&nbsp;to&nbsp;set&nbsp;up&nbsp;a&nbsp;hardened&nbsp;box&nbsp;that&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;store&nbsp;information,&nbsp;but&nbsp;after&nbsp;we&nbsp;ask&nbsp;it&nbsp;to&nbsp;generate&nbsp;fresh&nbsp;keys&nbsp;and&nbsp;credentials,&nbsp;the&nbsp;box&nbsp;alone&nbsp;can&nbsp;access&nbsp;the&nbsp;plaintext&nbsp;of&nbsp;stored&nbsp;information&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;won&amp;#39;t&nbsp;know&nbsp;of&nbsp;any&nbsp;way&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;access&nbsp;the&nbsp;plaintext&nbsp;information&nbsp;without&nbsp;either&nbsp;breaking&nbsp;the&nbsp;(hardened)&nbsp;OS&nbsp;or&nbsp;breaking&nbsp;strong&nbsp;encryption.&lt;br&gt;<br>
&lt;br&gt;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;basic&nbsp;asymmetric&nbsp;encryption&nbsp;available&nbsp;in&nbsp;Python;&nbsp;I&amp;#39;d&nbsp;imagine&nbsp;that&nbsp;would&nbsp;mean&nbsp;something&nbsp;like&nbsp;GPG&nbsp;or&nbsp;PGP,&nbsp;were&nbsp;such&nbsp;available&nbsp;in&nbsp;Python.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As&nbsp;far&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;encryption&nbsp;side,&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;http://docs.python.org/library/crypto.html&quot;&gt;http://docs.python.org/library/crypto.html&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;offers&nbsp;message&nbsp;digests&nbsp;only&nbsp;and&nbsp;says&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html&quot;&gt;http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;fuller&nbsp;suite.&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html&quot;&gt;http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;says&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;being&nbsp;maintained&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;check&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;http://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/&quot;&gt;http://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;for&nbsp;current&nbsp;development,&nbsp;but&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;page&nbsp;in&nbsp;turn&nbsp;says&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&amp;#39;s&nbsp;still&nbsp;working&nbsp;towards&nbsp;a&nbsp;release&nbsp;and&nbsp;people&nbsp;can&nbsp;download&nbsp;the&nbsp;dated/buggy&nbsp;library&nbsp;from&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html&quot;&gt;http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;;&nbsp;I&nbsp;assume&nbsp;that&nbsp;means&nbsp;that&nbsp;for&nbsp;production&nbsp;purposes&nbsp;I&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;looking&nbsp;at&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;http://www.amk.ca/files/python/crypto/pycrypto-2.0.1.tar.gz&quot;&gt;http://www.amk.ca/files/python/crypto/pycrypto-2.0.1.tar.gz&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;.&lt;br&nbsp;clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;<br>
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&lt;br&gt;I&amp;#39;d&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;suggestions&nbsp;on&nbsp;libraries/algorighms&nbsp;I&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;using&nbsp;for&nbsp;asymmetric&nbsp;encryption&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;say&nbsp;&amp;quot;We&nbsp;made&nbsp;this&nbsp;box&nbsp;as&nbsp;secure&nbsp;as&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;and&nbsp;now&nbsp;we&nbsp;don&amp;#39;t&nbsp;know&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;access&nbsp;the&nbsp;sensitive&nbsp;plaintext&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;securing&nbsp;and&nbsp;using&nbsp;to&nbsp;secure&nbsp;requests.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;<br>
&lt;br&gt;TIA,&lt;br&gt;--&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Jonathan&nbsp;Hayward,&nbsp;&lt;a&nbsp;href=&quot;mailto:christos.jonathan.hayward@gmail.com&quot;&nbsp;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;christos.jonathan.hayward@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;An&nbsp;Orthodox&nbsp;Christian&nbsp;author:&nbsp;theology,&nbsp;literature,&nbsp;et&nbsp;cetera.&lt;br&gt;My&nbsp;award-winning&nbsp;collection&nbsp;is&nbsp;available&nbsp;for&nbsp;free&nbsp;reading&nbsp;online:&lt;br&gt;<br>
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