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3 <tt class="module">OpenSSL</tt> -- Python interface to OpenSSL
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This package provides a high-level interface to the functions in the
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OpenSSL library. The following modules are defined:
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<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-2'><tt>crypto</tt></a></b>
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Generic cryptographic module. Note that if anything is incomplete, this module is!
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<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-3'><tt>rand</tt></a></b>
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An interface to the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator.
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<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-4'><tt>SSL</tt></a></b>
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An interface to the SSL-specific parts of OpenSSL.
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