Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: pyskein
Version: 0.6.2
Summary: Implementation of the Skein hash function
Home-page: http://packages.python.org/pyskein/
Author: Hagen Fürstenau
Author-email: hagen@zhuliguan.net
License: GPL
Description: PySkein is an extension module for Python 3.0 or later,
        implementing the Skein hash algorithm, one of the Second
        Round Candidates in the NIST SHA-3 Competition. While
        originally based on the optimized version of the reference
        implementation by Doug Whiting, PySkein has since evolved into a
        feature-rich and pythonic module. It is released as free
        software under the GNU General Public License. Its highlights
        are:
        
        * A simple interface following the hash algorithms in the
          Python standard library (like hashlib.sha1 or
          hashlib.sha256)
        
        * Many features of the Skein specification (such as tree
          hashing, various parameters and output sizes etc.)
        
        * High hashing performance through efficient implementation
          in C (370 MB/s in sequential hashing and 579 MB/s in tree
          hashing on two cores, measured on a 2.8 GHz Opteron)
        
        * Threefish, the tweakable block cipher used in Skein,
          available for encrytion and decryption on its own
        
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1
Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
