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| author | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2014-01-03 16:02:51 -0800 |
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| committer | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2014-01-03 16:02:51 -0800 |
| commit | 24c9a8d153ed7b1520a87d2ad22d9e9b26f272b8 (patch) | |
| tree | dc1ea9ab698f092f1310d6adf8077f1ef9ad95d5 /docs/hazmat/primitives | |
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| parent | 267dbc946b4584b7b4ed10a439b2820d3b048356 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #272 from alex/validate-iv
Validate the IV/nonce length for a given algorithm.
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst index 361b723e..edb24cd9 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst @@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ Interfaces used by the symmetric cipher modes described in The name may be used by a backend to influence the operation of a cipher in conjunction with the algorithm's name. + .. method:: validate_for_algorithm(algorithm) + + :param CipherAlgorithm algorithm: + + Checks that the combination of this mode with the provided algorithm + meets any necessary invariants. This should raise an exception if they + are not met. + + For example, the :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.modes.CBC` + mode uses this method to check that the provided initialization + vector's length matches the block size of the algorithm. + .. class:: ModeWithInitializationVector |