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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm | 25 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm index 652bca7bc4..8911667f22 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm @@ -999,16 +999,24 @@ protocol (Javascript Object Signing and Encryption).") "0dh6ky5ngxayyn5f6n7gdamjl49g3khz6pdx9sdnag1zwi8248hs")))) (build-system python-build-system) (home-page "https://www.pycryptodome.org") - (synopsis "Cryptographic library for Python") - (description "This package provides a cryptographic library for Python. + (synopsis "Low-level cryptographic Python library") + (description + "PyCryptodome is a self-contained Python package of low-level +cryptographic primitives. It's not a wrapper to a separate C library like +OpenSSL. To the largest possible extent, algorithms are implemented in pure +Python. Only the pieces that are extremely critical to performance (e.g., +block ciphers) are implemented as C extensions. -It brings the following enhancements with respect to the last official version -of PyCrypto: +You are expected to have a solid understanding of cryptography and security +engineering to successfully use these primitives. You must also be able to +recognize that some are obsolete (e.g., TDES) or even insecure (RC4). + +It provides many enhancements over the last release of PyCrypto (2.6.1): @itemize @item Authenticated encryption modes (GCM, CCM, EAX, SIV, OCB) @item Accelerated AES on Intel platforms via AES-NI -@item First class support for PyPy +@item First-class support for PyPy @item Elliptic curves cryptography (NIST P-256 curve only) @item Better and more compact API (nonce and iv attributes for ciphers, automatic generation of random nonces and IVs, simplified CTR cipher mode, and @@ -1022,8 +1030,11 @@ more) @item Random numbers get sourced directly from the OS (and not from a CSPRNG in userspace) @item Cleaner RSA and DSA key generation (largely based on FIPS 186-4) -@item Major clean ups and simplification of the code base -@end itemize\n") +@item Major clean-ups and simplification of the code base +@end itemize + +This package provides drop-in compatibility with PyCrypto. It is one of two +PyCryptodome variants, the other being python-pycryptodomex.") (license license:bsd-2))) (define-public python2-pycryptodome |