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diff --git a/gnutls-1.1.9/README b/gnutls-1.1.9/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef1052a --- /dev/null +++ b/gnutls-1.1.9/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ + +Python wrapper for the GNUTLS library + +This package provides a high level object oriented wrapper around libgnutls, +as well as low level bindings to the GNUTLS types and functions via ctypes. +The high level wrapper hides the details of accessing the GNUTLS library via +ctypes behind a set of classes that encapsulate GNUTLS sessions, certificates +and credentials and expose them to python applications using a simple API. + +The package also includes a Twisted interface that has seamless intergration +with Twisted, providing connectTLS and listenTLS methods on the Twisted +reactor once imported (the methods are automatically attached to the reactor +by simply importing the GNUTLS Twisted interface module). + +The high level wrapper is written using the GNUTLS library bindings that are +made available via ctypes. This makes the wrapper very powerful and flexible +as it has direct access to all the GNUTLS internals and is also very easy to +extend without any need to write C code or recompile anything. + |