| Alex Gaynor | de06b29 | 2014-02-18 16:40:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Frequently Asked Questions |
| 2 | ========================== |
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| Alex Gaynor | 59a6bc6 | 2014-02-18 18:13:48 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | How does ``cryptography`` compare to NaCl (Networking and Cryptography Library)? |
| Alex Gaynor | de06b29 | 2014-02-18 16:40:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 7 | While ``cryptography`` and `NaCl`_ both share the goal of making cryptography |
| 8 | easier, and safer, to use for developers, ``cryptography`` is designed to be a |
| Alex Gaynor | c37adab | 2014-02-18 16:46:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | general purpose library, interoperable with existing systems, while NaCl |
| 10 | features a collection of hand selected algorithms. |
| Alex Gaynor | de06b29 | 2014-02-18 16:40:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| Alex Gaynor | 5809d48 | 2014-02-19 13:33:18 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | ``cryptography``'s :ref:`recipes <cryptography-layout>` layer has similar goals |
| 13 | to NaCl. |
| Alex Gaynor | de06b29 | 2014-02-18 16:40:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_. |
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| 17 | .. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/ |
| 18 | .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org |