PyBitmessage/src/pyelliptic/README.md

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# PyElliptic
PyElliptic is a high level wrapper for the cryptographic library : OpenSSL.
Under the GNU General Public License
Python3 compatible. For GNU/Linux and Windows.
Require OpenSSL
## Features
### Asymmetric cryptography using Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
* Key agreement : ECDH
* Digital signatures : ECDSA
* Hybrid encryption : ECIES (like RSA)
### Symmetric cryptography
* AES-128 (CBC, OFB, CFB)
* AES-256 (CBC, OFB, CFB)
* Blowfish (CFB and CBC)
* RC4
### Other
* CSPRNG
* HMAC (using SHA512)
* PBKDF2 (SHA256 and SHA512)
## Example
```python
#!/usr/bin/python
import pyelliptic
# Symmetric encryption
iv = pyelliptic.Cipher.gen_IV('aes-256-cfb')
ctx = pyelliptic.Cipher("secretkey", iv, 1, ciphername='aes-256-cfb')
ciphertext = ctx.update('test1')
ciphertext += ctx.update('test2')
ciphertext += ctx.final()
ctx2 = pyelliptic.Cipher("secretkey", iv, 0, ciphername='aes-256-cfb')
print ctx2.ciphering(ciphertext)
# Asymmetric encryption
alice = pyelliptic.ECC() # default curve: sect283r1
bob = pyelliptic.ECC(curve='sect571r1')
ciphertext = alice.encrypt("Hello Bob", bob.get_pubkey())
print bob.decrypt(ciphertext)
signature = bob.sign("Hello Alice")
# alice's job :
print pyelliptic.ECC(pubkey=bob.get_pubkey()).verify(signature, "Hello Alice")
# ERROR !!!
try:
key = alice.get_ecdh_key(bob.get_pubkey())
except: print("For ECDH key agreement, the keys must be defined on the same curve !")
alice = pyelliptic.ECC(curve='sect571r1')
print alice.get_ecdh_key(bob.get_pubkey()).encode('hex')
print bob.get_ecdh_key(alice.get_pubkey()).encode('hex')
```