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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-02-08 09:10:30 -0600 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-02-08 09:10:30 -0600 |
| commit | 96f31fd81b9d5f29adf5290e1630a79d89039538 (patch) | |
| tree | fc85c3614a223f1f1eed4c715e2b29a28e209fb7 /docs/hazmat/backends | |
| parent | 41ace0a57d8e45b8034237a617ccc9fcaf45f4d4 (diff) | |
| parent | 209a132abcfbcbe70a0864d664ab7a4fce136ef9 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #577 from public/backend-rsa-interface
RSABackend interface
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index 5131ca12..444ecb46 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -191,3 +191,24 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. the derived key. This is typically a password. :return bytes: Derived key. + + +.. class:: RSABackend + + .. versionadded:: 0.2 + + A backend with methods for using RSA. + + .. method:: generate_rsa_private_key(public_exponent, bit_length) + + :param int public_exponent: The public exponent of the new key. + Often one of the small Fermat primes 3, 5, 17, 257 or 65537. + + :param int bit_length: The length in bits of the modulus. Should be + at least 2048. + + :return: A new instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey` + provider. + + :raises ValueError: If the public_exponent is not valid. |