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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2014-03-24 19:25:02 -0430
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Merge pull request #795 from public/split-vectors
Split vectors into cryptography_vectors
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============
Testing the correctness of the primitives implemented in each ``cryptography``
-backend requires trusted test vectors. Where possible these vectors are obtained
-from official sources such as `NIST`_ or `IETF`_ RFCs. When this is not possible
-``cryptography`` has chosen to create a set of custom vectors using an official
-vector file as input to verify consistency between implemented backends.
+backend requires trusted test vectors. Where possible these vectors are
+obtained from official sources such as `NIST`_ or `IETF`_ RFCs. When this is
+not possible ``cryptography`` has chosen to create a set of custom vectors
+using an official vector file as input to verify consistency between
+implemented backends.
+
+Vectors are kept in the `cryptography_vectors` package rather than within our
+main test suite.
Sources
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