Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pyskein
Version: 1.0
Summary: Implementation of the Skein hash function
Home-page: http://pythonhosted.org/pyskein/
Author: Hagen Fürstenau
Author-email: hagen at zhuliguan dot net
License: GPL
Description: PySkein is an extension module for Python, implementing the
        Skein hash algorithm, one of the five finalists of the
        NIST SHA-3 Competition. While ultimately not selected
        as the winner of that competition, Skein may still be
        useful as an alternative hash algorithm, offering flexible
        hashing modes with various parameters. PySkein provides all
        features of Skein through a Pythonic interface and is released
        as free software under the GNU General Public License.
        Its highlights are:
        
        * Simple interface following the hash algorithms in the
          Python standard library (like hashlib.sha1 or
          hashlib.sha256)
        
        * All features of the Skein specification
          (flexible digest sizes, MAC generation, tree hashing, and
          various others)
        
        * High performance through optimized C implementation
          (7.1 cycles/byte for sequential hashing and 4.2 cycles/byte
          for tree hashing on two cores, measured on an Athlon 64 X2)
        
        * Threefish, the tweakable block cipher used in Skein,
          available for encryption and decryption on its own
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
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 :: 3.1
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
