Replace unmaintained PyCrypto dependancy

etingof / pysnmp

Python SNMP library

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Replace unmaintained PyCrypto dependancy #19

Closed johnthagen closed 7 years ago

johnthagen commented 7 years ago

The PyCrypto project is no longer maintained: https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/173

There is also at least one known exploitable vulnerability: https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176

Alternatives:

cryptography - the official Python Cryptographic Authority package
pycryptodome - a maintained fork of PyCrypto

Another benefit of this move is it makes it easier for Windows users to install because both of these alternatives host official binary wheels on PyPI.

etingof commented 7 years ago

I am all for rebasing pysnmp onto the cryptography! If you would you be able to come up with a PR, that would be awesome! ;-)

etingof commented 7 years ago

Switched to PyCryptodome since bd01807038a1879a8eec1549fc1153adf649ead9. Thank you for the heads up!