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| author | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2013-12-15 22:17:59 -0800 |
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| committer | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2013-12-15 22:17:59 -0800 |
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/index.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a89cf0d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. hazmat:: + +Bindings +======== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + openssl + interfaces + + +Getting a Backend Provider +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.backends + +``cryptography`` aims to support multiple backends to ensure it can provide +the widest number of supported cryptographic algorithms as well as supporting +platform specific implementations. + +You can get the default backend by calling +:func:`~default_backend`. + +The default backend will change over time as we implement new backends and +the libraries we use in those backends changes. + + +.. function:: default_backend() + + :returns: An object that provides at least + :class:`~interfaces.CipherBackend`, :class:`~interfaces.HashBackend`, and + :class:`~interfaces.HMACBackend`. + |