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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2013-12-23 17:21:00 -0600
committerPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2013-12-23 17:21:00 -0600
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add hmac_supported method to backend.
Previously we were implicitly assuming that if a hash was supported then its hmac equivalent was as well.
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@@ -126,12 +126,23 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces.
A backend with methods for using cryptographic hash functions as message
authentication codes.
+ .. method:: hmac_supported(algorithm)
+
+ Check if the specified ``algorithm`` is supported by this backend.
+
+ :param algorithm: An instance of a
+ :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm`
+ provider.
+
+ :returns: ``True`` if the specified ``algorithm`` is supported for HMAC
+ by this backend, otherwise ``False``.
+
.. method:: create_hmac_ctx(algorithm)
Create a
:class:`~cryptogrpahy.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashContext` that
- uses the specified ``algorithm`` to calculate a hash-based message
- authentication code.
+ uses the specified ``algorithm`` to calculate a hash-based message
+ authentication code.
:param algorithm: An instance of a
:class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm`