sphinxmixcrypto 0.0.4

Home-page: https://github.com/applied-mixnetworks/sphinxmixcrypto
Author: David Stainton
Author-email: dawuud@riseup.net
License: GPL3
Description:
sphinx mix network crypto for python
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Warning
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This code has not been formally audited by a cryptographer. It therefore should not
be considered safe or correct. Use it at your own risk!


sphinxmixcrypto
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Read the Sphinx paper:

**Sphinx: A Compact and Provably Secure Mix Format**
by Ian Goldberg and George Danezis

- http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/G.Danezis/papers/sphinx-eprint.pdf


This is a crypto library for writing mix networks.
The code was forked from Ian Goldberg's reference implementation.


status
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This crypto library is binary compatible with the golang sphinx crypto library:

- https://github.com/applied-mixnetworks/go-sphinxmixcrypto

Both projects contain the same unit test vectors.


install
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You should install into a python virtual env.

Install pylioness from here:

- https://github.com/applied-mixnetworks/pylioness


You can install it like this::

pip install git+https://github.com/applied-mixnetworks/pylioness.git

and then install this package::

pip install git+https://github.com/applied-mixnetworks/sphinxmixcrypto.git

Keywords: python,mixnet,cryptography,anonymity
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5