botan: botan (Crypto and TLS for Modern C++) botan: botan: Botan (Japanese for peony flower) is a C++ cryptography library, botan: released under the permissive Simplified BSD license. botan: Botan's goal is to be the best option for cryptography in C++ botan: by offering the tools necessary to implement a range of practical botan: systems such as TLS protocol, X.509 certificates, modern AEAD ciphers, botan: PKCS#11 and TPM hardware support, password hashing, and post quantum botan: crypto schemes. A Python binding is included. botan: botan: See also: https://botan.randombit.net/