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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst index 2421d921..33ebee0f 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst @@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ Elliptic curve cryptography :returns: A new instance of :class:`EllipticCurvePrivateKey`. +.. function:: derive_private_key(secret, curve, backend) + + .. versionadded:: 1.6 + + Derive a private key from ``secret`` on ``curve`` for use with ``backend``. + + :param int secret: The secret scalar value. + + :param curve: An instance of :class:`EllipticCurve`. + + :param backend: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend`. + + :returns: A new instance of :class:`EllipticCurvePrivateKey`. + + Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms ----------------------------------- |