| Frequently Asked Questions |
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| How does ``cryptography`` compare to NaCl (Networking and Cryptography Library)? |
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| 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. |
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| ``cryptography``'s :ref:`recipes <cryptography-layout>` layer has similar goals |
| to NaCl. |
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| If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_. |
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| .. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/ |
| .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org |