Remove verify from Hash.

4 files changed, 3 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
index c71377d7..bee188b3 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 import six
 
 from cryptography import utils
-from cryptography.exceptions import AlreadyFinalized, InvalidSignature
-from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import constant_time, interfaces
+from cryptography.exceptions import AlreadyFinalized
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import interfaces
 
 
 @utils.register_interface(interfaces.HashContext)
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ class Hash(object):
         self._ctx = None
         return digest
 
-    def verify(self, digest):
-        if isinstance(digest, six.text_type):
-            raise TypeError("Unicode-objects must be encoded before verifying")
-        hash_digest = self.finalize()
-        if not constant_time.bytes_eq(digest, hash_digest):
-            raise InvalidSignature("Digest did not match hash digest.")
-
 
 @utils.register_interface(interfaces.HashAlgorithm)
 class SHA1(object):
diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.py b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.py
index 371701a4..e87c9ca9 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.py
@@ -162,10 +162,3 @@ class HashContext(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)):
         """
         Return a HashContext that is a copy of the current context.
         """
-
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def verify(self, signature):
-        """
-        Compare hash digest to signature and raises InvalidSignature
-        if they are not equal.
-        """
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
index f00dd3f5..38347378 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@ Message Digests
 
         :return bytes: The message digest as bytes.
 
-    .. method:: verify(digest)
-
-        Finalize the current context and securely compare that digest to ``digest``.
-
-        :param bytes digest: Received hash digest
-        :raises cryptography.exceptions.AlreadyFinalized: See :meth:`finalize`
-        :raises cryptography.exceptions.InvalidSignature: If hash digest does not match digest
-
 
 .. _cryptographic-hash-algorithms:
 
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py
index 69d0773a..45faaab2 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import pytest
 import six
 
 from cryptography import utils
-from cryptography.exceptions import (
-    AlreadyFinalized, UnsupportedAlgorithm, InvalidSignature
-)
+from cryptography.exceptions import AlreadyFinalized, UnsupportedAlgorithm
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, interfaces
 
 from .utils import generate_base_hash_test
@@ -66,29 +64,6 @@ class TestHashContext(object):
         with pytest.raises(AlreadyFinalized):
             h.finalize()
 
-    def test_verify(self, backend):
-        h = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA1(), backend=backend)
-        digest = h.finalize()
-
-        h = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA1(), backend=backend)
-        h.verify(digest)
-
-        with pytest.raises(AlreadyFinalized):
-            h.verify(b'')
-
-    def test_invalid_verify(self, backend):
-        h = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA1(), backend=backend)
-        with pytest.raises(InvalidSignature):
-            h.verify(b'')
-
-        with pytest.raises(AlreadyFinalized):
-            h.verify(b'')
-
-    def test_verify_reject_unicode(self, backend):
-        h = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA1(), backend=backend)
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-            h.verify(six.u(''))
-
     def test_unsupported_hash(self, backend):
         with pytest.raises(UnsupportedAlgorithm):
             hashes.Hash(UnsupportedDummyHash(), backend)