Fix python install target. Add CryptoBox wrapper plus an example

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/log.txt b/doc/log.txt
index 883c3dabe..3dac507ca 100644
--- a/doc/log.txt
+++ b/doc/log.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 * 1.9.1-pre, 2009-??-??
+ - Better support for Python and Perl wrappers
  - Add an implementation of Blue Midnight Wish (Round 2 tweak version)
  - Add threshold secret sharing (draft-mcgrew-tss-02)
  - Add runtime cpu feature detection for x86/x86-64
diff --git a/doc/python/cryptobox.py b/doc/python/cryptobox.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1968b40e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/python/cryptobox.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys
+import botan
+
+def main(args = None):
+    if args is None:
+        args = sys.argv
+
+    if len(args) != 3:
+        raise Exception("Bad usage")
+
+    password = args[1]
+    input = ''.join(open(args[2]).readlines())
+
+    rng = botan.RandomNumberGenerator()
+
+    ciphertext = botan.cryptobox_encrypt(input, password, rng)
+
+    print ciphertext
+
+    plaintext = ''
+
+    try:
+        plaintext = botan.cryptobox_decrypt(ciphertext, password + 'FAIL')
+    except Exception, e:
+        print "Oops -- ", e
+
+    plaintext = botan.cryptobox_decrypt(ciphertext, password)
+
+    print plaintext
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())