This is the README file of python-mcrypt.

Description

The python mcrypt module provides an interface for the mcrypt library.

Mcrypt is a library which provides a uniform interface to several symmetric encryption algorithms. It is intended to have a simple interface to access encryption algorithms in ofb, cbc, cfb, ecb and stream modes. The algorithms it supports are DES, 3DES, RIJNDAEL, Twofish, IDEA, GOST, CAST-256, ARCFOUR, SERPENT, SAFER+, and more.

Features

The python-mcrypt module provides the following features:

Free software (GNU Lesser General Public License).
Support for Python newstyle classes, allowing subclassing.
Comprehensive unitttests.
Support for many well known and less known algorithms and modes. (*)
Support for fixlength algorithm, adjusting encrypted data length even for block algorithms and modes.
Support for direct file encryption.
Complete inline documentation.
Check parameters before passing to mcrypt library, protecting agains segmentation faults.

(*) mcrypt library features

Disclaimer

Please read the file LICENSE before using python-mcrypt.

New Versions

Information on how to retrieve new versions of python-mcrypt can be found on http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-mcrypt.

Credits

Please read the file AUTHORS.