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Thu May 22 23:31:42 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-May/079721.html

On 2008-05-20 00:46, Jesus Cea wrote:
> Trent Nelson wrote:
> | I downloaded the source that includes AES encryption, for no reason
> | other than it was first on the list.  I'm now wondering if we should
> | only be importing the 'NC' source that doesn't contain any
> | encryption?  Jesus, does pybsddb use any of the Berkeley DB
> | encryption facilities?  Would anything break if we built the
> | bsddb module without encryption?
> 
> Yes, pybsddb3 4.6.4 supports cryptography if the underlying Berkeley DB
> library is crypto enabled.
> 
> In principle, you can compile BDB without crypto, and pybsddb3 should
> work, but you would lose ability to open any DB formerly created using
> page encryption or page checksum.
> 
> Export laws aside, we better compile with crypto :).

I hope you're only talking about the Windows build...

In any case, if you do include crypto code in the Windows installer,
please make sure that the PSF is informed, so that the proper
reporting procedure can be put in place (whatever it is nowadays
in the US).

The installer already includes the ssl module, so it's not problem to
include crypto code in general.

BTW: AFAIK the _ssl module is built against OpenSSL. Since I couldn't
find any OpenSSL DLLs in my Python install dir and due to the size
of the _ssl.pyd, I assume that it is statically linked against OpenSSL.
That's all fine, but then I'm missing the OpenSSL license and
attribution notice somewhere in the installer, the README of the
installation or elsewhere.

Thanks,
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[Python-Dev] Importing bsddb 4.6.21; with or without AES encryption?