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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst index bbab2246..ab781e92 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst @@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms .. class:: EllipticCurvePublicNumbers(x, y, curve) + .. warning:: + The point represented by this object is not validated in any way until + :meth:`EllipticCurvePublicNumbers.public_key` is called and may not + represent a valid point on the curve. You should not attempt to perform + any computations using the values from this class until you have either + validated it yourself or called ``public_key()`` successfully. + .. versionadded:: 0.5 The collection of integers that make up an EC public key. @@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms :param backend: An instance of :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend`. + :raises ValueError: Raised if the point is invalid for the curve. :returns: A new instance of :class:`EllipticCurvePublicKey`. .. method:: encode_point() |