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-rw-r--r--docs/development/test-vectors.rst7
-rw-r--r--docs/doing-a-release.rst10
-rw-r--r--docs/index.rst6
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/development/test-vectors.rst b/docs/development/test-vectors.rst
index c5ea8152..484d06bd 100644
--- a/docs/development/test-vectors.rst
+++ b/docs/development/test-vectors.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Asymmetric ciphers
* RSA PKCS #1 from the RSA FTP site (ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/pkcs-1/
and ftp://ftp.rsa.com/pub/rsalabs/tmp/).
* RSA FIPS 186-2 and PKCS1 v1.5 vulnerability test vectors from `NIST CAVP`_.
-* DSA test vectors from `FIPS 186-2`_ and `FIPS 186-3`_.
+* FIPS 186-2 and FIPS 186-3 DSA test vectors from `NIST CAVP`_.
+* FIPS 186-2 and FIPS 186-3 ECDSA test vectors from `NIST CAVP`_.
+* Ed25519 test vectors from the `Ed25519 website_`.
* OpenSSL PEM RSA serialization vectors from the `OpenSSL example key`_ and
`GnuTLS key parsing tests`_.
* OpenSSL PEM DSA serialization vectors from the `GnuTLS example keys`_.
@@ -127,8 +129,7 @@ header format (substituting the correct information):
.. _`unencpkcs8.pem`: https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/source/f8d943b38bf74eaaa11d396112daf43cb8aa82ae:tests/pkcs8-decode/unencpkcs8.pem
.. _`pkcs12_s2k_pem.c`: https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/source/f8d943b38bf74eaaa11d396112daf43cb8aa82ae:tests/pkcs12_s2k_pem.c
.. _`Botan's ECC private keys`: https://github.com/randombit/botan/tree/4917f26a2b154e841cd27c1bcecdd41d2bdeb6ce/src/tests/data/ecc
-.. _`FIPS 186-2`: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/dss/186-2dsatestvectors.zip
-.. _`FIPS 186-3`: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/dss/186-3dsatestvectors.zip
.. _`GnuTLS example keys`: https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/ad2061deafdd7db78fd405f9d143b0a7c579da7b
.. _`NESSIE IDEA vectors`: https://www.cosic.esat.kuleuven.be/nessie/testvectors/bc/idea/Idea-128-64.verified.test-vectors
.. _`NESSIE`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESSIE
+.. _`Ed25519 website`: http://ed25519.cr.yp.to/software.html
diff --git a/docs/doing-a-release.rst b/docs/doing-a-release.rst
index fc88a91c..5571e0f3 100644
--- a/docs/doing-a-release.rst
+++ b/docs/doing-a-release.rst
@@ -39,3 +39,13 @@ correctly:
'...'
Verify that this is the version you just released.
+
+Post-release tasks
+------------------
+
+* Update the version number to the next major (e.g. ``0.5.dev1``) in
+ ``cryptography/__about__.py`` and
+ ``vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py``.
+* Add new :doc:`/changelog` entry with next version and note that it is under
+ active development
+* Send a pull request with these items
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 58424bfc..083533c9 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Welcome to ``cryptography``
===========================
``cryptography`` is a Python library which exposes cryptographic recipes and
-primitives. Our goal is for it to be your "cryptographic standard library".
+primitives. Our goal is for it to be your "cryptographic standard library". If
+you are interested in learning more about the field of cryptography, we
+recommend `Crypto 101, by Laurens Van Houtven`_.
Installation
------------
@@ -98,4 +100,4 @@ The ``cryptography`` open source project
documentation. If you're interested in discussing an audit please
:doc:`get in touch </community>`.
-.. _`pre-compiled binaries`: https://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html
+.. _`Crypto 101, by Laurens Van Houtven`: https://www.crypto101.io/