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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-02-19 18:20:36 -0600 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-02-19 18:20:36 -0600 |
| commit | 3a4794860b3cc5323a8b7e4b34bef5b48f5ce776 (patch) | |
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Merge pull request #639 from alex/faq
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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cbbb74ad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Frequently Asked Questions +========================== + +How does ``cryptography`` compare to NaCl (Networking and Cryptography Library)? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +While ``cryptography`` and `NaCl`_ both share the goal of making cryptography +easier, and safer, to use for developers, ``cryptography`` is designed to be a +general purpose library, interoperable with existing systems, while NaCl +features a collection of hand selected algorithms. + +``cryptography``'s :ref:`recipes <cryptography-layout>` layer has similar goals +to NaCl. + +If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_. + +.. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/ +.. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org |