diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index db88ec5..8d45122 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ repos:
         language: system
         require_serial: true
         types_or: [python, pyi]
+      - id: pylint
+        name: pylint
+        entry: poetry run pylint
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+        require_serial: true
diff --git a/examples/test_client.py b/examples/test_client.py
index f9521b7..1101b6e 100644
--- a/examples/test_client.py
+++ b/examples/test_client.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""Example SHS client"""
+
 import os
 from asyncio import get_event_loop
 from base64 import b64decode
@@ -7,11 +9,13 @@ from nacl.signing import SigningKey
 
 from secret_handshake import SHSClient
 
-with open(os.path.expanduser("~/.ssb/secret")) as f:
+with open(os.path.expanduser("~/.ssb/secret"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     config = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
 
 async def main():
+    """Main function to run"""
+
     server_pub_key = b64decode(config["public"][:-8])
     client = SHSClient("localhost", 8008, SigningKey.generate(), server_pub_key)
     await client.open()
diff --git a/examples/test_server.py b/examples/test_server.py
index 25681af..a331dbb 100644
--- a/examples/test_server.py
+++ b/examples/test_server.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""Example SHS server"""
+
 import os
 from asyncio import get_event_loop
 from base64 import b64decode
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ from nacl.signing import SigningKey
 
 from secret_handshake import SHSServer
 
-with open(os.path.expanduser("~/.ssb/secret")) as f:
+with open(os.path.expanduser("~/.ssb/secret"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     config = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
 
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ async def _on_connect(conn):
 
 
 async def main():
+    """Main function to run"""
+
     server_keypair = SigningKey(b64decode(config["private"][:-8])[:32])
     server = SHSServer("localhost", 8008, server_keypair)
     server.on_connect(_on_connect)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3799f1f..ceb3525 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 test = ["coverage", "mypy", "pexpect", "ruff", "wheel"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "astroid"
+version = "3.0.1"
+description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "astroid-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7d5895c9825e18079c5aeac0572bc2e4c83205c95d416e0b4fee8bc361d2d9ca"},
+    {file = "astroid-3.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:86b0bb7d7da0be1a7c4aedb7974e391b32d4ed89e33de6ed6902b4b15c97577e"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "babel"
 version = "2.13.1"
@@ -431,6 +442,20 @@ files = [
     {file = "decli-0.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ed88ccb947701e8e5509b7945fda56e150e2ac74a69f25d47ac85ef30ab0c0f0"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dill"
+version = "0.3.7"
+description = "serialize all of Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "dill-0.3.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:76b122c08ef4ce2eedcd4d1abd8e641114bfc6c2867f49f3c41facf65bf19f5e"},
+    {file = "dill-0.3.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cc1c8b182eb3013e24bd475ff2e9295af86c1a38eb1aff128dac8962a9ce3c03"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+graph = ["objgraph (>=1.7.2)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "distlib"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -638,6 +663,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:af598ed32d6ae86f1b747b82783958b1a4ab8f617b06fe68795c7f026abbdcad"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mccabe"
+version = "0.7.0"
+description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "mccabe-0.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6c2d30ab6be0e4a46919781807b4f0d834ebdd6c6e3dca0bda5a15f863427b6e"},
+    {file = "mccabe-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:348e0240c33b60bbdf4e523192ef919f28cb2c3d7d5c7794f74009290f236325"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mypy-extensions"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -789,6 +825,30 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 plugins = ["importlib-metadata"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pylint"
+version = "3.0.2"
+description = "python code static checker"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "pylint-3.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:60ed5f3a9ff8b61839ff0348b3624ceeb9e6c2a92c514d81c9cc273da3b6bcda"},
+    {file = "pylint-3.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0d4c286ef6d2f66c8bfb527a7f8a629009e42c99707dec821a03e1b51a4c1496"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+astroid = ">=3.0.1,<=3.1.0-dev0"
+colorama = {version = ">=0.4.5", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
+dill = {version = ">=0.3.7", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""}
+isort = ">=4.2.5,<6"
+mccabe = ">=0.6,<0.8"
+platformdirs = ">=2.2.0"
+tomlkit = ">=0.10.1"
+
+[package.extras]
+spelling = ["pyenchant (>=3.2,<4.0)"]
+testutils = ["gitpython (>3)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pynacl"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -1249,4 +1309,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "b578043d7c76e0f421f1e0557bbea78870cca9fb9f8713dd3b7299f08823546b"
+content-hash = "82c05c7c22b990f45fae70d36d0bed6f1c414b30af9e40318dfc383ebab9d86a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b971e04..c53392e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ pytest-mock = "^3.12.0"
 pre-commit = "^3.5.0"
 commitizen = "^3.12.0"
 black = "^23.10.1"
+pylint = "^3.0.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
 sphinx = "^7.2.6"
 
+[tool.poetry.group.examples.dependencies]
+pyyaml = "^6.0.1"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
 
@@ -47,6 +51,9 @@ skip_covered = true
 fail_under = 91
 omit = ["examples/*"]
 
+[tool.pylint.format]
+max-line-length = 120
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--cov=. --no-cov-on-fail"
 ignore = "examples"
diff --git a/secret_handshake/__init__.py b/secret_handshake/__init__.py
index 288645a..dbff0e0 100644
--- a/secret_handshake/__init__.py
+++ b/secret_handshake/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Secret Handshake"""
 
 from .network import SHSClient, SHSServer
 
diff --git a/secret_handshake/boxstream.py b/secret_handshake/boxstream.py
index d248c59..67695a0 100644
--- a/secret_handshake/boxstream.py
+++ b/secret_handshake/boxstream.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import struct
+"""Box stream utilities"""
+
 from asyncio import IncompleteReadError
+import struct
+from typing import Tuple
 
 from nacl.secret import SecretBox
 
@@ -10,11 +13,9 @@ MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE = 4 * 1024
 TERMINATION_HEADER = b"\x00" * 18
 
 
-def get_stream_pair(reader, writer, **kwargs):
-    """Return a tuple with `(unbox_stream, box_stream)` (reader/writer).
+def get_stream_pair(reader, writer, **kwargs) -> Tuple["UnboxStream", "BoxStream"]:
+    """Create a new duplex box stream"""
 
-    :return: (:class:`secret_handshake.boxstream.UnboxStream`,
-              :class:`secret_handshake.boxstream.BoxStream`)"""
     box_args = {
         "key": kwargs["encrypt_key"],
         "nonce": kwargs["encrypt_nonce"],
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ def get_stream_pair(reader, writer, **kwargs):
     return UnboxStream(reader, **unbox_args), BoxStream(writer, **box_args)
 
 
-class UnboxStream(object):
+class UnboxStream:
+    """Unboxing stream"""
+
     def __init__(self, reader, key, nonce):
         self.reader = reader
         self.key = key
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ class UnboxStream(object):
         self.closed = False
 
     async def read(self):
+        """Read data from the stream"""
+
         try:
             data = await self.reader.readexactly(HEADER_LENGTH)
         except IncompleteReadError:
@@ -70,7 +75,9 @@ class UnboxStream(object):
         return data
 
 
-class BoxStream(object):
+class BoxStream:
+    """Box stream"""
+
     def __init__(self, writer, key, nonce):
         self.writer = writer
         self.key = key
@@ -78,6 +85,8 @@ class BoxStream(object):
         self.nonce = nonce
 
     def write(self, data):
+        """Write data to the box stream"""
+
         for chunk in split_chunks(data, MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE):
             body = self.box.encrypt(chunk, inc_nonce(self.nonce))[24:]
             header = struct.pack(">H", len(body) - 16) + body[:16]
@@ -89,4 +98,6 @@ class BoxStream(object):
             self.writer.write(body[16:])
 
     def close(self):
+        """Close the box stream"""
+
         self.writer.write(self.box.encrypt(b"\x00" * 18, self.nonce)[24:])
diff --git a/secret_handshake/crypto.py b/secret_handshake/crypto.py
index 0f61c3d..879b272 100644
--- a/secret_handshake/crypto.py
+++ b/secret_handshake/crypto.py
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Cryptography functions"""
 
+from base64 import b64decode
 import hashlib
 import hmac
-from base64 import b64decode
+from typing import Optional
 
 from nacl.bindings import crypto_box_afternm, crypto_box_open_afternm, crypto_scalarmult
 from nacl.exceptions import CryptoError
@@ -34,13 +36,19 @@ APPLICATION_KEY = b64decode("1KHLiKZvAvjbY1ziZEHMXawbCEIM6qwjCDm3VYRan/s=")
 class SHSError(Exception):
     """A SHS exception."""
 
-    pass
 
+class SHSCryptoBase:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+    """Base functions for SHS cryptography"""
 
-class SHSCryptoBase(object):
     def __init__(self, local_key, ephemeral_key=None, application_key=None):
         self.local_key = local_key
         self.application_key = application_key or APPLICATION_KEY
+        self.shared_hash = None
+        self.remote_ephemeral_key = None
+        self.shared_secret = None
+        self.remote_app_hmac = None
+        self.remote_pub_key = None
+        self.box_secret = None
         self._reset_keys(ephemeral_key or PrivateKey.generate())
 
     def _reset_keys(self, ephemeral_key):
@@ -71,12 +79,16 @@ class SHSCryptoBase(object):
         return ok
 
     def clean(self, new_ephemeral_key=None):
+        """Clean internal data"""
+
         self._reset_keys(new_ephemeral_key or PrivateKey.generate())
         self.shared_secret = None
         self.shared_hash = None
         self.remote_ephemeral_key = None
 
     def get_box_keys(self):
+        """Get the box stream’s keys"""
+
         shared_secret = hashlib.sha256(self.box_secret).digest()
         return {
             "shared_secret": shared_secret,
@@ -88,7 +100,18 @@ class SHSCryptoBase(object):
 
 
 class SHSServerCrypto(SHSCryptoBase):
+    """SHS server crypto algorithm"""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.b_alice = None
+        self.hello = None
+        self.box_secret = None
+        self.remote_pub_key = None
+
     def verify_client_auth(self, data):
+        """Verify client authentication data"""
+
         assert len(data) == 112
         a_bob = crypto_scalarmult(bytes(self.local_key.to_curve25519_private_key()), self.remote_ephemeral_key)
         box_secret = hashlib.sha256(self.application_key + self.shared_secret + a_bob).digest()
@@ -107,12 +130,13 @@ class SHSServerCrypto(SHSCryptoBase):
         return True
 
     def generate_accept(self):
+        """Generate an accept message"""
+
         okay = self.local_key.sign(self.application_key + self.hello + self.shared_hash).signature
-        d = crypto_box_afternm(okay, b"\x00" * 24, self.box_secret)
-        return d
+        return crypto_box_afternm(okay, b"\x00" * 24, self.box_secret)
 
     def clean(self, new_ephemeral_key=None):
-        super(SHSServerCrypto, self).clean(new_ephemeral_key=new_ephemeral_key)
+        super().clean(new_ephemeral_key=new_ephemeral_key)
         self.hello = None
         self.b_alice = None
 
@@ -120,19 +144,29 @@ class SHSServerCrypto(SHSCryptoBase):
 class SHSClientCrypto(SHSCryptoBase):
     """An object that encapsulates all the SHS client-side crypto.
 
-    :param local_key: the keypair used by the client (:class:`nacl.public.PrivateKey` object)
-    :param server_pub_key: the server's public key (``byte`` string)
-    :param ephemeral_key: a fresh local :class:`nacl.public.PrivateKey`
-    :param application_key: the unique application key (``byte`` string), defaults to SSB's
+    :param local_key: the keypair used by the client
+    :param server_pub_key: the server's public key
+    :param ephemeral_key: a fresh local private key
+    :param application_key: the unique application key, defaults to SSB's
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, local_key, server_pub_key, ephemeral_key, application_key=None):
-        super(SHSClientCrypto, self).__init__(local_key, ephemeral_key, application_key)
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        local_key: PrivateKey,
+        server_pub_key: bytes,
+        ephemeral_key: PrivateKey,
+        application_key: Optional[bytes] = None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(local_key, ephemeral_key, application_key)
         self.remote_pub_key = VerifyKey(server_pub_key)
+        self.b_alice = None
+        self.a_bob = None
+        self.hello = None
+        self.box_secret = None
 
     def verify_server_challenge(self, data):
         """Verify the correctness of challenge sent from the server."""
-        assert super(SHSClientCrypto, self).verify_challenge(data)
+        assert super().verify_challenge(data)
         curve_pkey = self.remote_pub_key.to_curve25519_public_key()
 
         # a_bob is (a * B)
@@ -168,8 +202,8 @@ class SHSClientCrypto(SHSCryptoBase):
         try:
             # let's use the box secret to unbox our encrypted message
             signature = crypto_box_open_afternm(data, nonce, self.box_secret)
-        except CryptoError:
-            raise SHSError("Error decrypting server acceptance message")
+        except CryptoError as exc:
+            raise SHSError("Error decrypting server acceptance message") from exc
 
         # we should have received sign(B)[K | H | hash(a * b)]
         # let's see if that signature can verify the reconstructed data on our side
@@ -177,6 +211,6 @@ class SHSClientCrypto(SHSCryptoBase):
         return True
 
     def clean(self, new_ephemeral_key=None):
-        super(SHSClientCrypto, self).clean(new_ephemeral_key=new_ephemeral_key)
+        super().clean(new_ephemeral_key=new_ephemeral_key)
         self.a_bob = None
         self.b_alice = None
diff --git a/secret_handshake/network.py b/secret_handshake/network.py
index e4719b8..1e665df 100644
--- a/secret_handshake/network.py
+++ b/secret_handshake/network.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Networking functionality"""
 
 import asyncio
 
@@ -26,22 +27,30 @@ from .crypto import SHSClientCrypto, SHSServerCrypto
 
 
 class SHSClientException(Exception):
-    pass
+    """Base exception class for client errors"""
 
 
-class SHSDuplexStream(object):
+class SHSDuplexStream:
+    """SHS duplex stream"""
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.write_stream = None
         self.read_stream = None
         self.is_connected = False
 
     def write(self, data):
+        """Write data to the write stream"""
+
         self.write_stream.write(data)
 
     async def read(self):
+        """Read data from the read stream"""
+
         return await self.read_stream.read()
 
     def close(self):
+        """Close the duplex stream"""
+
         self.write_stream.close()
         self.read_stream.close()
         self.is_connected = False
@@ -58,21 +67,27 @@ class SHSDuplexStream(object):
         return msg
 
 
-class SHSEndpoint(object):
+class SHSEndpoint:
+    """SHS endpoint"""
+
     def __init__(self):
         self._on_connect = None
         self.crypto = None
 
     def on_connect(self, cb):
+        """Set the function to be called when a new connection arrives"""
         self._on_connect = cb
 
     def disconnect(self):
+        """Disconnect the endpoint"""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
 class SHSServer(SHSEndpoint):
+    """SHS server"""
+
     def __init__(self, host, port, server_kp, application_key=None):
-        super(SHSServer, self).__init__()
+        super().__init__()
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
         self.crypto = SHSServerCrypto(server_kp, application_key=application_key)
@@ -92,6 +107,8 @@ class SHSServer(SHSEndpoint):
         writer.write(self.crypto.generate_accept())
 
     async def handle_connection(self, reader, writer):
+        """Handle incoming connections"""
+
         self.crypto.clean()
         await self._handshake(reader, writer)
         keys = self.crypto.get_box_keys()
@@ -104,6 +121,8 @@ class SHSServer(SHSEndpoint):
             asyncio.ensure_future(self._on_connect(conn))
 
     async def listen(self):
+        """Listen for connections"""
+
         await asyncio.start_server(self.handle_connection, self.host, self.port)
 
     def disconnect(self):
@@ -112,23 +131,33 @@ class SHSServer(SHSEndpoint):
 
 
 class SHSServerConnection(SHSDuplexStream):
+    """SHS server connection"""
+
     def __init__(self, read_stream, write_stream):
-        super(SHSServerConnection, self).__init__()
+        super().__init__()
         self.read_stream = read_stream
         self.write_stream = write_stream
 
     @classmethod
     def from_byte_streams(cls, reader, writer, **keys):
+        """Create a server connection from an existing byte stream"""
+
         reader, writer = get_stream_pair(reader, writer, **keys)
+
         return cls(reader, writer)
 
 
 class SHSClient(SHSDuplexStream, SHSEndpoint):
-    def __init__(self, host, port, client_kp, server_pub_key, ephemeral_key=None, application_key=None):
+    """SHS client"""
+
+    def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+        self, host, port, client_kp, server_pub_key, ephemeral_key=None, application_key=None
+    ):
         SHSDuplexStream.__init__(self)
         SHSEndpoint.__init__(self)
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
+        self.writer = None
         self.crypto = SHSClientCrypto(
             client_kp, server_pub_key, ephemeral_key=ephemeral_key, application_key=application_key
         )
@@ -147,6 +176,8 @@ class SHSClient(SHSDuplexStream, SHSEndpoint):
             raise SHSClientException("Server accept is not valid")
 
     async def open(self):
+        """Open the TCP connection"""
+
         reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection(self.host, self.port)
         await self._handshake(reader, writer)
 
@@ -156,6 +187,7 @@ class SHSClient(SHSDuplexStream, SHSEndpoint):
         self.read_stream, self.write_stream = get_stream_pair(reader, writer, **keys)
         self.writer = writer
         self.is_connected = True
+
         if self._on_connect:
             await self._on_connect()
 
diff --git a/secret_handshake/util.py b/secret_handshake/util.py
index d13f99f..69e17d2 100644
--- a/secret_handshake/util.py
+++ b/secret_handshake/util.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Utility functions"""
 
 import struct
 
@@ -26,11 +27,16 @@ MAX_NONCE = 8 * NONCE_SIZE
 
 
 def inc_nonce(nonce):
+    """Increment nonce"""
+
     num = bytes_to_long(nonce) + 1
+
     if num > 2**MAX_NONCE:
         num = 0
+
     bnum = long_to_bytes(num)
     bnum = b"\x00" * (NONCE_SIZE - len(bnum)) + bnum
+
     return bnum
 
 
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ def split_chunks(seq, n):
 
 # Stolen from PyCypto (Public Domain)
 def b(s):
+    """Shorthand for s.encode("latin-1")"""
+
     return s.encode("latin-1")  # utf-8 would cause some side-effects we don't want
 
 
@@ -61,8 +69,8 @@ def long_to_bytes(n, blocksize=0):
         s = pack(">I", n & 0xFFFFFFFF) + s
         n = n >> 32
     # strip off leading zeros
-    for i in range(len(s)):
-        if s[i] != b("\000")[0]:
+    for i, c in enumerate(s):
+        if c != b("\000")[0]:
             break
     else:
         # only happens when n == 0
diff --git a/tests/helpers.py b/tests/helpers.py
index 5f0420b..714d11f 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/helpers.py
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ from io import BytesIO
 class AsyncBuffer(BytesIO):
     """Just a BytesIO with an async read method."""
 
-    async def read(self, n=None):
-        v = super(AsyncBuffer, self).read(n)
+    async def read(self, n=None):  # pylint: disable=invalid-overridden-method
+        v = super().read(n)
+
         return v
 
     readexactly = read
diff --git a/tests/test_boxstream.py b/tests/test_boxstream.py
index 6605995..a92d02a 100644
--- a/tests/test_boxstream.py
+++ b/tests/test_boxstream.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Tests for the box stream"""
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -27,17 +28,18 @@ from .helpers import AsyncBuffer, async_comprehend
 from .test_crypto import CLIENT_ENCRYPT_KEY, CLIENT_ENCRYPT_NONCE
 
 MESSAGE_1 = (
-    b"\xcev\xedE\x06l\x02\x13\xc8\x17V\xfa\x8bZ?\x88B%O\xb0L\x9f\x8e\x8c0y\x1dv\xc0\xc9\xf6\x9d\xc2\xdf\xdb" b"\xee\x9d"
+    b"\xcev\xedE\x06l\x02\x13\xc8\x17V\xfa\x8bZ?\x88B%O\xb0L\x9f\x8e\x8c0y\x1dv\xc0\xc9\xf6\x9d\xc2\xdf\xdb\xee\x9d"
 )
 MESSAGE_2 = b"\x141\xd63\x13d\xd1\xecZ\x9b\xd0\xd4\x03\xcdR?'\xaa.\x89I\x92I\xf9guL\xaa\x06?\xea\xca/}\x88*\xb2"
 MESSAGE_3 = (
-    b'\xcbYY\xf1\x0f\xa5O\x13r\xa6"\x15\xc5\x9d\r.*\x0b\x92\x10m\xa6(\x0c\x0c\xc61\x80j\x81)\x800\xed\xda' b"\xad\xa1"
+    b'\xcbYY\xf1\x0f\xa5O\x13r\xa6"\x15\xc5\x9d\r.*\x0b\x92\x10m\xa6(\x0c\x0c\xc61\x80j\x81)\x800\xed\xda\xad\xa1'
 )
 MESSAGE_CLOSED = b"\xb1\x14hU'\xb5M\xa6\"\x03\x9duy\xa1\xd4evW,\xdcE\x18\xe4+ C4\xe8h\x96\xed\xc5\x94\x80"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_boxstream():
+    """Test stream boxing"""
     buffer = AsyncBuffer()
     box_stream = BoxStream(buffer, CLIENT_ENCRYPT_KEY, CLIENT_ENCRYPT_NONCE)
     box_stream.write(b"foo")
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ async def test_boxstream():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_unboxstream():
+    """Test stream unboxing"""
+
     buffer = AsyncBuffer(MESSAGE_1 + MESSAGE_2 + MESSAGE_3 + MESSAGE_CLOSED)
     buffer.seek(0)
 
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ async def test_unboxstream():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_long_packets():
+    """Test for receiving long packets"""
+
     data_size = 6 * 1024
     data = bytes(n % 256 for n in range(data_size))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_crypto.py b/tests/test_crypto.py
index 7981940..511e941 100644
--- a/tests/test_crypto.py
+++ b/tests/test_crypto.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Tests for the crypto components"""
 
 import hashlib
 
@@ -34,18 +35,24 @@ SERVER_EPH_KEY_SEED = b"ed\x1c\x01\x03s\x04\xdc\x8e`\xd6Z\xd0u;\xcbX\x91\xd8ZO\x
 CLIENT_EPH_KEY_SEED = b"u8\xd0\xe3\x85d_Pz\x0c\xf5\xfd\x15\xce2p#\xb0\xf0\x9f\xe6!\xe1\xcb\xf6\x93\t\xebr{1\x8b"
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
+@pytest.fixture
 def server():
+    """A testing SHS server"""
+
     server_key = SigningKey(SERVER_KEY_SEED)
     server_eph_key = PrivateKey(SERVER_EPH_KEY_SEED)
+
     return SHSServerCrypto(server_key, server_eph_key, application_key=APP_KEY)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
+@pytest.fixture
 def client():
+    """A testing SHS client"""
+
     client_key = SigningKey(CLIENT_KEY_SEED)
     server_key = SigningKey(SERVER_KEY_SEED)
     client_eph_key = PrivateKey(CLIENT_EPH_KEY_SEED)
+
     return SHSClientCrypto(client_key, bytes(server_key.verify_key), client_eph_key, application_key=APP_KEY)
 
 
@@ -55,19 +62,19 @@ CLIENT_CHALLENGE = (
     b"\xe5\xc6K\xae\x94\xdbVt\x84\xdc\x1c@+D\x1c%"
 )
 CLIENT_AUTH = (
-    b"\xf2\xaf?z\x15\x10\xd0\xf0\xdf\xe3\x91\xfe\x14\x1c}z\xab\xeey\xf5\xef\xfc\xa1EdV\xf2T\x95s[!$z"
-    b"\xeb\x8f\x1b\x96JP\x17^\x92\xc8\x9e\xb4*5`\xf2\x8fI.\x93\xb9\x14:\xca@\x06\xff\xd1\xf1J\xc8t\xc4"
-    b"\xd8\xc3$[\xc5\x94je\x83\x00%\x99\x10\x16\xb1\xa2\xb2\xb7\xbf\xc9\x88\x14\xb9\xbb^\tzq\xa4\xef\xc5"
-    b"\xf5\x1f7#\xed\x92X\xb2\xe3\xe5\x8b[t3"
+    b"\xf2\xaf?z\x15\x10\xd0\xf0\xdf\xe3\x91\xfe\x14\x1c}z\xab\xeey\xf5\xef\xfc\xa1EdV\xf2T\x95s[!$"
+    b"z\xeb\x8f\x1b\x96JP\x17^\x92\xc8\x9e\xb4*5`\xf2\x8fI.\x93\xb9\x14:\xca@\x06\xff\xd1\xf1J\xc8t"
+    b"\xc4\xd8\xc3$[\xc5\x94je\x83\x00%\x99\x10\x16\xb1\xa2\xb2\xb7\xbf\xc9\x88\x14\xb9\xbb^\tzq"
+    b"\xa4\xef\xc5\xf5\x1f7#\xed\x92X\xb2\xe3\xe5\x8b[t3"
 )
 SERVER_CHALLENGE = (
-    b"S\\\x06\x8d\xe5\xeb&*\xb8\x0bp\xb3Z\x8e\\\x85\x14\xaa\x1c\x8di\x9d\x7f\xa9\xeawl\xb9}\x85\xc3ik"
-    b"\x0c ($E\xb4\x8ax\xc4)t<\xd7\x8b\xd6\x07\xb7\xecw\x84\r\xe1-Iz`\xeb\x04\x89\xd6{"
+    b"S\\\x06\x8d\xe5\xeb&*\xb8\x0bp\xb3Z\x8e\\\x85\x14\xaa\x1c\x8di\x9d\x7f\xa9\xeawl\xb9}\x85\xc3"
+    b"ik\x0c ($E\xb4\x8ax\xc4)t<\xd7\x8b\xd6\x07\xb7\xecw\x84\r\xe1-Iz`\xeb\x04\x89\xd6{"
 )
 SERVER_ACCEPT = (
-    b'\xb4\xd0\xea\xfb\xfb\xf6s\xcc\x10\xc4\x99\x95"\x13 y\xa6\xea.G\xeed\x8d=t9\x88|\x94\xd1\xbcK\xd47'
-    b"\xd8\xbcG1h\xac\xd0\xeb*\x1f\x8d\xae\x0b\x91G\xa1\xe6\x96b\xf2\xda90u\xeb_\xab\xdb\xcb%d7}\xb5\xce"
-    b"(k\x15\xe3L\x9d)\xd5\xa1|:"
+    b'\xb4\xd0\xea\xfb\xfb\xf6s\xcc\x10\xc4\x99\x95"\x13 y\xa6\xea.G\xeed\x8d=t9\x88|\x94\xd1\xbcK'
+    b"\xd47\xd8\xbcG1h\xac\xd0\xeb*\x1f\x8d\xae\x0b\x91G\xa1\xe6\x96b\xf2\xda90u\xeb_\xab\xdb\xcb%d"
+    b"7}\xb5\xce(k\x15\xe3L\x9d)\xd5\xa1|:"
 )
 INTER_SHARED_SECRET = (
     b"vf\xd82\xaeU\xda]\x08\x9eZ\xd6\x06\xcc\xd3\x99\xfd\xce\xc5\x16e8n\x9a\x04\x04\x84\xc5\x1a" b"\x8f\xf2M"
@@ -83,7 +90,9 @@ CLIENT_ENCRYPT_NONCE = b"S\\\x06\x8d\xe5\xeb&*\xb8\x0bp\xb3Z\x8e\\\x85\x14\xaa\x
 CLIENT_DECRYPT_NONCE = b"d\xe8\xccD\xec\xb9E\xbb\xaa\xa7\x7f\xe38\x15\x16\xef\xca\xd22u\x1d\xfe<\xe7"
 
 
-def test_handshake(client, server):
+def test_handshake(client, server):  # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
+    """Test the handshake procedure"""
+
     client_challenge = client.generate_challenge()
     assert client_challenge == CLIENT_CHALLENGE
     assert server.verify_challenge(client_challenge)
diff --git a/tests/test_network.py b/tests/test_network.py
index b5bf94b..e6ba9a7 100644
--- a/tests/test_network.py
+++ b/tests/test_network.py
@@ -18,40 +18,59 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Tests for the networking components"""
+
 import os
 from asyncio import Event, wait_for
 
 import pytest
 from nacl.signing import SigningKey
 
+from secret_handshake import SHSClient, SHSServer
+
 from .helpers import AsyncBuffer
 
 
-class DummyCrypto(object):
+class DummyCrypto:
     """Dummy crypto module, pretends everything is fine."""
 
-    def verify_server_challenge(self, data):
+    def verify_server_challenge(self, _):
+        """Verify the server challenge"""
+
         return True
 
-    def verify_challenge(self, data):
+    def verify_challenge(self, _):
+        """Verify the challenge data"""
+
         return True
 
-    def verify_server_accept(self, data):
+    def verify_server_accept(self, _):
+        """Verify server’s accept message"""
         return True
 
     def generate_challenge(self):
+        """Generate authentication challenge"""
+
         return b"CHALLENGE"
 
     def generate_client_auth(self):
+        """Generate client authentication data"""
+
         return b"AUTH"
 
-    def verify_client_auth(self, data):
+    def verify_client_auth(self, _):
+        """Verify client authentication data"""
+
         return True
 
     def generate_accept(self):
+        """Generate an ACCEPT message"""
+
         return b"ACCEPT"
 
     def get_box_keys(self):
+        """Get box keys"""
+
         return {
             "encrypt_key": b"x" * 32,
             "encrypt_nonce": b"x" * 32,
@@ -60,10 +79,10 @@ class DummyCrypto(object):
         }
 
     def clean(self):
-        return
+        """Clean up internal data"""
 
 
-def _dummy_boxstream(stream, **kwargs):
+def _dummy_boxstream(stream, **_):
     """Identity boxstream, no tansformation."""
     return stream
 
@@ -72,7 +91,7 @@ def _client_stream_mocker():
     reader = AsyncBuffer(b"xxx")
     writer = AsyncBuffer(b"xxx")
 
-    async def _create_mock_streams(host, port):
+    async def _create_mock_streams(host, port):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         return reader, writer
 
     return reader, writer, _create_mock_streams
@@ -82,7 +101,7 @@ def _server_stream_mocker():
     reader = AsyncBuffer(b"xxx")
     writer = AsyncBuffer(b"xxx")
 
-    async def _create_mock_server(cb, host, port):
+    async def _create_mock_server(cb, host, port):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         await cb(reader, writer)
 
     return reader, writer, _create_mock_server
@@ -90,13 +109,13 @@ def _server_stream_mocker():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_client(mocker):
-    reader, writer, _create_mock_streams = _client_stream_mocker()
+    """Test the client"""
+
+    reader, _, _create_mock_streams = _client_stream_mocker()
     mocker.patch("asyncio.open_connection", new=_create_mock_streams)
     mocker.patch("secret_handshake.boxstream.BoxStream", new=_dummy_boxstream)
     mocker.patch("secret_handshake.boxstream.UnboxStream", new=_dummy_boxstream)
 
-    from secret_handshake import SHSClient
-
     client = SHSClient("shop.local", 1111, SigningKey.generate(), os.urandom(32))
     client.crypto = DummyCrypto()
 
@@ -108,15 +127,15 @@ async def test_client(mocker):
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_server(mocker):
-    from secret_handshake import SHSServer
+    """Test the server"""
 
     resolve = Event()
 
-    async def _on_connect(conn):
+    async def _on_connect(_):
         server.disconnect()
         resolve.set()
 
-    reader, writer, _create_mock_server = _server_stream_mocker()
+    _, _, _create_mock_server = _server_stream_mocker()
     mocker.patch("asyncio.start_server", new=_create_mock_server)
     mocker.patch("secret_handshake.boxstream.BoxStream", new=_dummy_boxstream)
     mocker.patch("secret_handshake.boxstream.UnboxStream", new=_dummy_boxstream)