From 13b4c417487f4e3a34c8d7d0b894623b7468309f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:23:43 +0000 Subject: Mention deprecation of rotor module --- Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index ef42f49..fcb1a1d 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -1575,10 +1575,15 @@ so. If you have applications using \module{rexec}, rewrite them to use something else. (Sticking with Python 2.2 or 2.1 will not make your applications any -safer, because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in +safer because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in those versions. I repeat, if you're using \module{rexec}, stop using it immediately.) +\item The \module{rotor} module has been deprecated because the + algorithm it uses for encryption is not believed to be secure. If + you need encryption, use one of the several AES Python modules + that are available separately. + \item The \module{shutil} module gained a \function{move(\var{src}, \var{dest})} function that recursively moves a file or directory to a new location. -- cgit v0.12