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diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst index b1702df8..744f2098 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.rst +++ b/docs/contributing.rst @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ whether the signature was valid. if not is_valid: raise InvalidSignature +Every recipe should include a version or algorithmic marker of some sort in its +output in order to allow transparent upgrading of the algorithms in use, as +the algorithms or parameters needed to achieve a given security margin evolve. + APIs at the :doc:`/hazmat/primitives/index` layer should always take an explicit backend, APIs at the recipes layer should automatically use the :func:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.default_backend`, but optionally allow |