= Cryptography =

Python includes several modules for [[http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-hashlib.html|hashing]] and even basic [[http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-socket.html|ssl support]] which is integrated into the socket module.

For more serious cryptography work, have a look at the following extension modules.

== Interfaces to OpenSSL ==

[[http://www.openssl.org/|OpenSSL]] is an open-source library that implements SSL and comes with a large number of very fast crypto and hash algorithm implementations.

 * M2Crypto - Python interface to OpenSSL
 * [[http://pyopenssl.sf.net/|pyOpenSSL]] - Python interface to OpenSSL, with focus on SSL networking
  * [[http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/|eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution]] - An easy-to-install distribution of pyOpenSSL

== Stand-alone Cryptographic Libraries ==

 * [[http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto.html|Python Cryptography Toolkit]] - A collection of crypto-related algorithms and protocols implemented as Python extension

== Resources ==

 * [[http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/python-crypto.html|python-crypto Mailing List]] - A mailing list for discussing Python and cryptography