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diff --git a/docs/architecture.rst b/docs/architecture.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..80e2c28a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/architecture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Architecture +============ + +.. warning:: + + Because ``cryptography`` is so young, much of this document is + aspirational, rather than documentation. + +``cryptography`` has three different layers: + +* ``cryptography.c``: This package contains bindings to low level cryptographic + libraries. Our initial target will be OpenSSL. +* ``cryptography.primitives``: This packages contains low level algorithms, + things like ``AES`` or ``SHA1``. +* ``cryptography``: This package contains higher level recipes, for example + "encrypt and then MAC". |