DO NOT USE THIS POST TO LEARN ABOUT AES ENCRYPTION IN PYTHON. I DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH BYTES, STRINGS, AND ENCRYPTION WHEN I WROTE THIS. I WILL HAVE A NEW POST WITH PYTHON3 (AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL HAVE BETTER INFORMATION). To get AES encryption working in your Python script, you need to install PyCrypto. Fedora: sudo yum install python-crypto Debian: sudo aptitude install python-cr
