CRYPTOGRAPHIC EXTENSIONS FOR PERL _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION This library contains a suite of cryptographic extensions for Perl. Also included are some extensions that have a cryptographic relevance, such as the Compress::Zlib modules, and the TrulyRandom module. These modules have been developed as extensions for performance reasons. Now available for download at http://www.systemics.com/software/ FEATURES All of the following have been implemented as Perl extensions in C: * BigInteger module (based on code from Eric Young). This module implements arbitrary length integers and some associated mathematical functions. * Compress::Zlib module (by Paul Marquess). A Perl interface to Jean-loup Gailly's and Mark Adler's info-zip zlib compression library. * Crypt::DES module (DES implementation by Eric Young). * Crypt::IDEA module. * Crypt::MD5 module (by Neil Winton and Data Security, Inc.) * Crypt::PRSG - Pseudo random sequence generator This module implements a 160 bit LFSR for use in generating pseudo random sequences. * Crypt::SHA module (by Uwe Hollerbach and based on code from NIST and Peter C. Gutmann) * Utils::TrulyRandom module, based on code from Don Mitchell and Matt Blaze (AT&T). This module generates "truly random" numbers, based on interrupt timing discrepancies. COPYRIGHT This library includes (or is derived from) software developed by (and owned by) the following: * Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler * Peter C. Gutmann * Uwe Hollerbach <uh@alumni.caltech.edu> * Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> * Don Mitchell and Matt Blaze (AT&T) * NIST * RSA Data Security, Inc. * Systemics Ltd <http://www.systemics.com/> * Neil Winton <N.Winton@axion.bt.co.uk> * Eric Young <eay@mincom.oz.au> Also planned for release: * Cryptographic library for Perl * PGP library for Perl * Cryptographic extensions for Java (native code) * Cryptographic library for Java * PGP library for Java