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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2018-05-16 14:14:31 -0400
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2018-05-16 14:14:31 -0400
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tell people to stop using this where possible (#759)
* tell people to stop using this where possible * links require actual linking * bolding
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@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ pyOpenSSL -- A Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library
:target: https://codecov.io/github/pyca/pyopenssl
:alt: Test coverage
+**Note:** The Python Cryptographic Authority **strongly suggests** the use of `pyca/cryptography`_
+where possible. If you are using pyOpenSSL for anything other than making a TLS connection
+**you should move to cryptography and drop your pyOpenSSL dependency**.
-High-level wrapper around a subset of the OpenSSL library. Includes
+High-level wrapper around a subset of the OpenSSL library. Includes
* ``SSL.Connection`` objects, wrapping the methods of Python's portable sockets
* Callbacks written in Python
@@ -41,3 +44,4 @@ You can also join ``#cryptography-dev`` on Freenode to ask questions or get invo
.. _`issue tracker`: https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/issues
.. _cryptography-dev: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography-dev
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl
+.. _`pyca/cryptography`: https://github.com/pyca/cryptography