From 9f3468dcfc92fca43ac105204427d03c863b4b4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gaynor Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:17:48 -0400 Subject: Better describe why this library exists. Refs #5 --- README.rst | 7 ------- docs/index.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 4379bb58..8cf84d82 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -12,10 +12,3 @@ recipes to Python developers. It is currently in early development and isn't recommended for general usage yet. It targets Python 2.6-2.7, Python 3.2+, as well as PyPy. - -Why a new crypto library for Python? ------------------------------------- - -None of the existing ones work on PyPy, and many of them are unmaintained or -are based around very poor implementations of algorithms (i.e ones with known -side-channel attacks). 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:: -- cgit v1.2.3