From 416423bebc50878fb37ba75f74ca9e45a5a9d963 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Lucas <63159663+samuel-lucas6@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:35:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Update and rephrase. --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2243e6c..343320f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ [Geralt](https://www.geralt.xyz/) is a modern cryptographic library for [.NET 6+](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet) based on [libsodium](https://doc.libsodium.org/) and inspired by [Monocypher](https://monocypher.org/). -- **Simple**: an easy-to-learn API with descriptive naming. Only one primitive for each task is provided when possible. -- **Modern**: the latest and greatest cryptographic primitives, such as (X)ChaCha20-Poly1305, BLAKE2b, Argon2id, X25519, and Ed25519. +- **Simple**: an easy-to-learn API with descriptive naming. Only one algorithm for each task is provided when possible. +- **Modern**: the latest and greatest cryptographic algorithms, such as AEGIS-128L/AEGIS-256, (X)ChaCha20-Poly1305, BLAKE2b, Argon2id, X25519, and Ed25519. - **Secure**: libsodium was [audited](https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/libsodium-audit-results/) in 2017 and is the library of choice for [lots](https://doc.libsodium.org/libsodium_users) of projects and [even](https://doc.libsodium.org/libsodium_users#companies-using-libsodium) large companies. - **Fast**: libsodium is [faster](https://monocypher.org/speed) than many other cryptographic libraries. Furthermore, Geralt uses [Span<T>](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2017/connect/csharp-all-about-span-exploring-a-new-net-mainstay) buffers to avoid memory allocations.