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mpoulin merged 1 commit into realpython:master from jul:patch-2

Apr 15, 2019

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jul commented Mar 29, 2019

Unmaintained package with CVE might not be a good help
https://www.cvedetails.com/product/22441/Dlitz-Pycrypto.html?vendor_id=11993

I also share the opinion of the author that pycrypto and its fork may promote insecure usage (like AES::ECB)
https://theartofmachinery.com/2017/02/02/dont_use_pycrypto.html


          you don't let friends use pycrypto

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Unmaintained package with CVE might not be a good help
https://www.cvedetails.com/product/22441/Dlitz-Pycrypto.html?vendor_id=11993

I also share the opinion of the author that pycrypto and its fork may promote insecure usage (like AES::ECB)
https://theartofmachinery.com/2017/02/02/dont_use_pycrypto.html

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mpoulin commented Apr 15, 2019

The last update to PyCrypto was five years ago. I agree with this change.

mpoulin merged commit 7dc0ecd into realpython:master

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