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- 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.
- ``cryptography``'s :ref:`recipes <cryptography-layout>` layer has similar goals
- to NaCl.
- If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_.
- .. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/
- .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org
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