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: o Free software (GNU Lesser General Public License). o Support for Python newstyle classes, allowing subclassing. o Comprehensive unitttests. o Support for many well known and less known algorithms and modes. (*) o Support for fixlength algorithm, adjusting encrypted data length even for block algorithms and modes. o Support for direct file encryption. o Complete inline documentation. o 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.