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| author | Alex Stapleton <alexs@prol.etari.at> | 2014-02-07 20:26:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Stapleton <alexs@prol.etari.at> | 2014-02-08 09:36:05 +0000 |
| commit | 209a132abcfbcbe70a0864d664ab7a4fce136ef9 (patch) | |
| tree | 695fb1a65b99f89d438c13124aefbb1e84d778c0 /docs | |
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Start of an RSABackend interface
Only has key generation for now.
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index 5131ca12..444ecb46 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -191,3 +191,24 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. the derived key. This is typically a password. :return bytes: Derived key. + + +.. class:: RSABackend + + .. versionadded:: 0.2 + + A backend with methods for using RSA. + + .. method:: generate_rsa_private_key(public_exponent, bit_length) + + :param int public_exponent: The public exponent of the new key. + Often one of the small Fermat primes 3, 5, 17, 257 or 65537. + + :param int bit_length: The length in bits of the modulus. Should be + at least 2048. + + :return: A new instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey` + provider. + + :raises ValueError: If the public_exponent is not valid. |