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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2003-04-24 13:19:56 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2003-04-24 13:19:56 (GMT)
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[Patch #679505] Document that the rotor module is deprecated
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@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ Extension modules
Subsumed the times() function into repeat().
Added chain() and cycle().
+- The rotor module is now deprecated; the encryption algorithm it uses
+ is not believed to be secure, and including crypto code with Python
+ has implications for exporting and importing it in various countries.
+
- The socket module now always uses the _socketobject wrapper class, even on
platforms which have dup(2). The makefile() method is built directly
on top of the socket without duplicating the file descriptor, allowing