[tptacek]

OK! That's helpful.

The only unserious code in this post, for what it's worth, is a couple functions that make an authenticated stream cipher out of HMAC, because the Python standard library doesn't have an encryption function that I could find.

[mixmastamyk]

Ok, don’t believe there’s full encryption because it changes often and better to let the community experts handle. (Besides the ancient crypt module.)

But the recent secrets module might have some building blocks you could use.

This whole thread reminds me of a Hollywood sequel—need to spend ten minutes regurgitating the backstory to an audience who maybe saw the movie two years ago.

[tptacek]

Hence the unseriousness of the code. Like I said, in real code you'd use pyca/cryptography.