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| author | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2014-02-03 13:14:21 -0800 |
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| committer | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2014-02-03 13:14:21 -0800 |
| commit | 26339c580801b1e893f48c3b23eb14da8655dfbb (patch) | |
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Remove language about the separate stages of HKDF until we expose multiple stages of HKDF.
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst index 5c3485cc..48a066c9 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst @@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ Different KDFs are suitable for different tasks such as: `HKDF`_ (HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function) is suitable for deriving keys of a fixed size used for other cryptographic operations. - It consists of two distinct phases "Extract" and "Expand". The "Extract" - stage takes a low-entropy key and extracts from it a fixed size - pseudorandom key. The "Expand" stage derives a large key of a user - determined size from the pseudorandom key. - :param algorithm: An instance of a :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm` provider. |