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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/conf.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/glossary.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst | 8 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py index 77050e72..4cddbe41 100644 --- a/docs/conf.py +++ b/docs/conf.py @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extensions = [ 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'cryptography-docs', + 'sphinxcontrib.spelling', ] # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory. diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index e4fc8283..b6f2d06f 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ Glossary asymmetric cryptography Cryptographic operations where encryption and decryption use different - keys. There are seperate encryption and decryption keys. + keys. There are separate encryption and decryption keys. diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst index 4ef15459..984fe81d 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ where the encrypter and decrypter both use the same key. Note that symmetric encryption is **not** sufficient for most applications, because it only provides secrecy (an attacker can't see the message) but not authenticity (an attacker can create bogus messages and force the application to decrypt them). -For this reason it is *strongly* reccomended to combine encryption with a +For this reason it is *strongly* recommended to combine encryption with a message authentication code, such as :doc:`HMAC </hazmat/primitives/hmac>`, in an "encrypt-then-MAC" formulation as `described by Colin Percival`_. @@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ Algorithms .. class:: TripleDES(key) - Triple DES (Data Encryption Standard), sometimes refered to as 3DES, is a - block cipher standardized by NIST. Triple DES has known cryptoanalytic + Triple DES (Data Encryption Standard), sometimes referred to as 3DES, is a + block cipher standardized by NIST. Triple DES has known crypto-analytic flaws, however none of them currently enable a practical attack. - Nonetheless, Triples DES is not reccomended for new applications because it + Nonetheless, Triples DES is not recommended for new applications because it is incredibly slow; old applications should consider moving away from it. :param bytes key: The secret key, either ``64``, ``128``, or ``192`` bits |