diff --git a/scripts/aes.php b/scripts/aes.php
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+<?php
+// Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8232171/195722
+$key = 'MyKey';
+$text = 'test';
+$output = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $text, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
+$encoded = base64_encode($output);
+echo $encoded;
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diff --git a/scripts/aes.py b/scripts/aes.py
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+import rijndael
+import base64
+# source http://stackoverflow.com/a/8232171/195722
+KEY_SIZE = 16
+BLOCK_SIZE = 32
+
+def encrypt(key, plaintext):
+    padded_key = key.ljust(KEY_SIZE, '\0')
+    padded_text = plaintext + (BLOCK_SIZE - len(plaintext) % BLOCK_SIZE) * '\0'
+
+    # could also be one of
+    #if len(plaintext) % BLOCK_SIZE != 0:
+    #    padded_text = plaintext.ljust((len(plaintext) / BLOCK_SIZE) + 1 * BLOCKSIZE), '\0')
+    # -OR-
+    #padded_text = plaintext.ljust((len(plaintext) + (BLOCK_SIZE - len(plaintext) % BLOCK_SIZE)), '\0')
+
+    r = rijndael.rijndael(padded_key, BLOCK_SIZE)
+
+    ciphertext = ''
+    for start in range(0, len(padded_text), BLOCK_SIZE):
+        ciphertext += r.encrypt(padded_text[start:start+BLOCK_SIZE])
+
+    encoded = base64.b64encode(ciphertext)
+
+    return encoded
+
+
+def decrypt(key, encoded):
+    padded_key = key.ljust(KEY_SIZE, '\0')
+
+    ciphertext = base64.b64decode(encoded)
+
+    r = rijndael.rijndael(padded_key, BLOCK_SIZE)
+
+    padded_text = ''
+    for start in range(0, len(ciphertext), BLOCK_SIZE):
+        padded_text += r.decrypt(ciphertext[start:start+BLOCK_SIZE])
+
+    plaintext = padded_text.split('\x00', 1)[0]
+
+    return plaintext
+    
+key = 'MyKey'
+text = 'test'
+
+encoded = encrypt(key, text)
+print repr(encoded)
+# prints 'I+KlvwIK2e690lPLDQMMUf5kfZmdZRIexYJp1SLWRJY='
+
+decoded = decrypt(key, encoded)
+print repr(decoded)
+# prints 'test'
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