wolfcrypt: the wolfSSL Crypto Engine

wolfCrypt Python, a.k.a. wolfcrypt is a Python module that encapsulates wolfSSL’s wolfCrypt API.

wolfCrypt is a lightweight, portable, C-language-based crypto library targeted at IoT, embedded, and RTOS environments primarily because of its size, speed, and feature set. It works seamlessly in desktop, enterprise, and cloud environments as well. It is the crypto engine behind wolfSSl’s embedded ssl library.

Installation

We provide Python wheels (prebuilt binaries) for OSX 64 bits and Linux 64 bits:

$ pip install wolfcrypt

Testing

>>> from wolfcrypt.hashes import Sha256
>>> Sha256('wolfcrypt').hexdigest()
b'96e02e7b1cbcd6f104fe1fdb4652027a5505b68652b70095c6318f9dce0d1844'

Summary

• Symmetric Key Algorithms
• Asymmetric Key Algorithms
• Message Digests
• Message Authentication Codes
• Random Number Generation

Licensing

wolfSSL’s software is available under two distinct licensing models: open source and standard commercial licensing. Please see the relevant section below for information on each type of license.

Open Source

wolfCrypt and wolfSSL software are free software downloads and may be modified to the needs of the user as long as the user adheres to version two of the GPL License. The GPLv2 license can be found on the gnu.org website.

Commercial Licensing

Businesses and enterprises who wish to incorporate wolfSSL products into proprietary appliances or other commercial software products for re-distribution must license commercial versions. Licenses are generally issued for one product and include unlimited royalty-free distribution. Custom licensing terms are also available at licensing@wolfssl.com.