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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index 63f84067..42dba723 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -578,6 +578,23 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurvePublicKey` provider. +.. class:: PEMSerializationBackend + + .. versionadded:: 0.6 + + A backend with methods for working with any PEM encoded keys. + + .. method:: load_pem_private_key(data, password) + + :param bytes data: PEM data to load. + :param bytes password: The password to use if the data is encrypted. + Should be ``None`` is the data is not encrypted. + :return: A new instance of the appropriate type of private key that the + serialized data contains. + :raises ValueError: If the data could not be deserialized. + :raises cryptography.exceptions.UnsupportedAlgorithm: If the data is + encrypted with an unsupported algorithm. + .. class:: TraditionalOpenSSLSerializationBackend .. versionadded:: 0.3 @@ -592,8 +609,8 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. :param bytes password: The password to use if this data is encrypted. Should be None if the data is not encrypted. - :return: A new instance of the appropriate private key or public key - that the serialized data contains. + :return: A new instance of the appropriate type of private key that the + serialized data contains. :raises ValueError: If the data could not be deserialized correctly. |