Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: pyskein
Version: 0.6
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 :func:`hashlib.sha1` or :func:`hashlib.sha256`)
        
        * High hashing **performance** through efficient implementation in C
          (368 MB/s on a 2.8 GHz Opteron)
        
        * Many **features** of the Skein specification
          (such as tree hashing, various parameters and output sizes etc.)
        
        * **Threefish**, the tweakable block cipher used in Skein, available for
          encrytion and decryption on its own
        
        *New in version 0.6:* Tree hashing with arbitrary tree parameters
        
        .. _`GNU General Public License`: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
        .. _`Skein hash algorithm`: http://www.skein-hash.info
        .. _`NIST SHA-3 Competition`: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/sha-3/index.html
        
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
