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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 1d8ffda6..49e7b29e 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -8,7 +8,23 @@ Welcome to ``cryptography`` ``cryptography`` is a Python library which exposes cryptographic primitives and recipes. -Contents: +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 of poor implementations of algorithms (i.e. ones with known side-channel + attacks) +* Lack of high level, "Cryptography for humans", APIs +* Absence of algorithms such as AES-GCM +* Poor introspectability, and thus poor testability + + +Contents +-------- .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 |