[pycrypto] the sad state of pycrypto

[zooko]

On Nov 8, 2008, at 17:23 PM, Mads Kiilerich wrote:

> If you like Crypto++ then why not use it with an appropriate  
> wrapper? Why not use Zookos pycryptopp? Only because of the licensing?

Pycryptopp [1] offers only a few algorithms -- just the ones we need  
for the Tahoe project [2] and whatever the Beaker coders asked for  
[3]: SHA-256, AES, RSA-PSS, and (not quite working right yet) ECDSA.

I would be willing to entertain the prospect of adding wrappers for  
other algorithms from Crypto++ for other people's use, especially if  
this increased the chance of other people helping me to audit, test,  
debug, port, and maintain pycryptopp.

Another option would be to use a code generation tool like SWIG or  
Boost.Python to create Python interfaces to the full Crypto++ API.   
This is in contrast to the current pycryptopp approach, which is hand- 
coded C++ wrapper code.

Regards,

Zooko

[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/pycryptopp
[2] http://allmydata.org

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