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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2013-12-20 13:26:12 -0800
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2013-12-20 13:26:12 -0800
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Make into a warning as suggested by @dstufft
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@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ using it cannot be manipulated or read without the key.
:param bytes plaintext: The message you would like to encrypt.
:returns bytes: A secure message which cannot be read or altered
without the key. It is URL-safe base64-encoded. This is
- refered to as a "Fernet token". Note that this contains
- the current time when it was generated in *plaintext*,
- the time a message was created will therefore be
- visible to a possible attacker.
+ refered to as a "Fernet token".
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ The encrypted message contains the current time when it was
+ generated in *plaintext*, the time a message was created will
+ therefore be visible to a possible attacker.
.. method:: decrypt(token, ttl=None)