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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst index aec406b9..bfbe3255 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst @@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ message. .. class:: cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hmac.HMAC(key, msg=None, digestmod=None) HMAC objects take a ``key``, a hash class derived from - :class:`~cryptography.primitives.hashes.BaseHash`, and optional msg. The - ``key`` should be randomly generated bytes and the length of the - ``block_size`` of the hash. You must keep the ``key`` secret. + :class:`~cryptography.primitives.hashes.BaseHash`, and optional message. + The ``key`` should be randomly generated bytes and is recommended to be + equal in length to the ``digest_size`` of the hash function chosen. + You must keep the ``key`` secret. .. doctest:: @@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ message. .. method:: update(msg) - :param bytes msg: The bytes you wish to hash. + :param bytes msg: The bytes to hash and authenticate. .. method:: copy() |