From 6b9df81232514bd36c14a07ef3beb901ddb2af7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Reid Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:13:02 -0800 Subject: Describe what backends provide via these interfaces and that not all backends must provide all interfaces. --- docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst index 98c099bb..c55d86dc 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Backend Interfaces .. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.bindings.interfaces +Backend implementations may provide a number of interfaces to support operations +such as :doc:`/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption`, +:doc:`/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes`, and +:doc:`/hazmat/primitives/hmac`. + +A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. + + .. class:: CipherBackend A backend which provides methods for using ciphers for encryption -- cgit v1.2.3