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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index 14f72cf6..b79bb239 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -652,3 +652,33 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. :returns: ``True`` if the given values of ``p`` and ``g`` are supported by this backend, otherwise ``False``. + + +.. class:: ScryptBackend + + .. versionadded:: 1.6 + + A backend with methods for using Scrypt. + + The following backends implement this interface: + + * :doc:`/hazmat/backends/openssl` + + .. method:: derive_scrypt(self, key_material, salt, length, n, r, p) + + :param bytes key_material: The key material to use as a basis for + the derived key. This is typically a password. + + :param bytes salt: A salt. + + :param int length: The desired length of the derived key. + + :param int n: CPU/Memory cost parameter. It must be larger than 1 and be a + power of 2. + + :param int r: Block size parameter. + + :param int p: Parallelization parameter. + + :return bytes: Derived key. + |