Language on the "Cryptographic Services" documentation page is out of date

[alex]

BPO	26066
Nosy	@alex

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[alex]

https://docs.python.org/2/library/crypto.html
https://docs.python.org/3/library/crypto.html

This language has a number of issues:

• Crypto isn't just for "Hardcore cypherpunks" anymore, it's a necessary component of a great many software projects
• PyCrypto isn't maintained by A.M. Kuchling any longer
• (IMO) it's no longer the recommended library for cryptography in Python
• The page should probably also point people towards the ssl module.

[python-dev]

New changeset 84fdbdd483a3 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7':
delete old crypto prose (closes bpo-26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/84fdbdd483a3

New changeset d8944e059c7f by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4':
delete old crypto prose (closes bpo-26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d8944e059c7f

New changeset cc9ffb4829e7 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.5':
merge 3.4 (bpo-26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cc9ffb4829e7

New changeset 8ee02ec9b634 by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'default':
merge 3.5 (bpo-26066)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8ee02ec9b634