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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst index 4e7990b0..3ed8c9e2 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst @@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ Modes is an AEAD (authenticated encryption with additional data) mode. AEAD is a type of block cipher mode that encrypts the message as well as authenticating it (and optionally additional data that is not encrypted) - simultaneously. + simultaneously. Additional means of verifying integrity (like + :doc:`HMAC </hazmat/primitives/hmac>`) are not necessary. :param bytes initialization_vector: Must be random bytes. They do not need to be kept secret (they can be included @@ -338,12 +339,12 @@ Modes >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes >>> cipher = Cipher(algorithms.AES(key), modes.GCM(iv)) >>> encryptor = cipher.encryptor() - >>> encryptor.add_data(b"authenticated but encrypted payload") + >>> encryptor.add_data(b"authenticated but not encrypted payload") >>> ct = encryptor.update(b"a secret message") + encryptor.finalize() >>> tag = encryptor.tag >>> cipher = Cipher(algorithms.AES(key), modes.GCM(iv, tag)) >>> decryptor = cipher.decryptor() - >>> decryptor.add_data(b"authenticated but encrypted payload") + >>> decryptor.add_data(b"authenticated but not encrypted payload") >>> decryptor.update(ct) + decryptor.finalize() 'a secret message' |