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| author | Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com> | 2013-12-27 11:09:42 -0500 |
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| committer | Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com> | 2013-12-27 11:09:42 -0500 |
| commit | 08adc00087c8fe128abc2317776de1f974f4eed6 (patch) | |
| tree | 9baacf858eb2ab752505cec675ddda118ed2f35d /docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into some-typedef-fixes
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index b524943d..5b6cd64d 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. A backend with methods for using cryptographic hash functions as message authentication codes. + .. method:: hmac_supported(algorithm) + + Check if the specified ``algorithm`` is supported by this backend. + + :param algorithm: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm` + provider. + + :returns: ``True`` if the specified ``algorithm`` is supported for HMAC + by this backend, otherwise ``False``. + .. method:: create_hmac_ctx(algorithm) Create a |