python-asn1crypto
Port variant py310
Summary Performant ASN.1 handling library (3.10)
Package version 1.5.1
Homepage https://github.com/wbond/asn1crypto
Keywords python
Maintainer Python Automaton
License Not yet specified
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Last modified 23 JAN 2023, 06:04:31 UTC
Port created 05 FEB 2019, 15:55:37 UTC
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single # asn1crypto A fast, pure Python library for parsing and serializing ASN.1 structures. - [Features] - [Why Another Python ASN.1 Library?] - [Related Crypto Libraries] - [Current Release] - [Dependencies] - [Installation] - [License] - [Security Policy] - [Documentation] - [Continuous Integration] - [Testing] - [Development] - [CI Tasks] [GitHub Actions CI] [CircleCI] [PyPI] ## Features In addition to an ASN.1 BER/DER decoder and DER serializer, the project includes a bunch of ASN.1 structures for use with various common cryptography standards: | Standard | Module | Source | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | X.509 | [`asn1crypto.x509`] | [RFC 5280] | | CRL | [`asn1crypto.crl`] | [RFC 5280] | | CSR | [`asn1crypto.csr`] | [RFC 2986], [RFC 2985] | | OCSP | [`asn1crypto.ocsp`] | [RFC 6960] | | PKCS#12 | [`asn1crypto.pkcs12`] | [RFC 7292] | | PKCS#8 | [`asn1crypto.keys`] | [RFC 5208] | | PKCS#1 v2.1 (RSA keys) | [`asn1crypto.keys`] | [RFC 3447] | | DSA keys | [`asn1crypto.keys`] | [RFC 3279] | | Elliptic curve keys | [`asn1crypto.keys`] | [SECG SEC1 V2] | | PKCS#3 v1.4 | [`asn1crypto.algos`] | [PKCS#3 v1.4] | | PKCS#5 v2.1 | [`asn1crypto.algos`] | [PKCS#5 v2.1] | | CMS (and PKCS#7) | [`asn1crypto.cms`] | [RFC 5652], [RFC 2315] | | TSP | [`asn1crypto.tsp`] | [RFC 3161] | | PDF signatures | [`asn1crypto.pdf`] | [PDF 1.7] | ## Why Another Python ASN.1 Library? Python has long had the [pyasn1] and [pyasn1_modules] available for parsing and serializing ASN.1 structures. While the project does include a comprehensive set of tools for parsing and serializing, the performance of the library can be very poor, especially when dealing with bit fields and parsing large structures such as CRLs. After spending extensive time using *pyasn1*, the following issues were identified: 1. Poor performance 2. Verbose, non-pythonic API 3. Out-dated and incomplete definitions in *pyasn1-modules* 4. No simple way to map data to native Python data structures 5. No mechanism for overridden universal ASN.1 types The *pyasn1* API is largely method driven, and uses extensive configuration objects and lowerCamelCase names. There were no consistent options for converting types of native Python data structures. Since the project supports out-dated versions of Python, many newer language features are unavailable for use. Time was spent trying to profile issues with the performance, however the architecture made it hard to pin down the primary source of the poor performance. Attempts were made to improve performance by utilizing unreleased patches and delaying parsing using the `Any` type. Even with such changes, the performance was still unacceptably slow. Finally, a number of structures in the cryptographic space use universal data
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