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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 1d8ffda6..a061b3e7 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ Welcome to ``cryptography`` ``cryptography`` is a Python library which exposes cryptographic primitives and recipes. +Why a new crypto library for Python? +------------------------------------ + +We wanted to address a few issues with existing cryptography libraries in +Python: + +* Lack of PyPy support +* Lack of maintenance +* Use poor implementations of algorithms (i.e. ones with known side-channel + attacks) +* Lack of high level, "Cryptography for humans", APIs + + Contents: .. toctree:: |