Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > Sorry for the OT post, just looking for a pointer from somebody who's > been there and done that. > > I'm looking to write a program that will allow for managing documents > that have been encrypted with AES. I want the program to be as > cross-platform as possible, so at the least it needs to run in > Win2K/WinXP and in linux X-windows (X.org). > > Now, I used to write in Java a few years ago, so I guess that's an > option. My concerns are that back then Java was slow, and I don't know > if there's an easy-to-use cross-platform crypto library for Java. > I've seen at least one program that was written in python and Tkinter on > the web that offers the source for running in linux, and they offer a > .exe download. (http://www.axware.nl) I don't know how they do it, but > I saw a claim on the web that python/Tkinter was a great cross-platform > combo. Python gets my vote - but I'm heavily biased :) Python and pycrypt might be part of what you're after: http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/pycrypt/ Andrew -- Zope Managed Hosting Systems Administrator/Software Engineer Zope Corporation (540) 361-1700