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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2014-05-01 22:52:34 -0700
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Merge pull request #991 from reaperhulk/dsa-sign
DSA signing support
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@@ -381,6 +381,23 @@ Asymmetric interfaces
The DSAParameters object associated with this private key.
+ .. method:: signer(algorithm, backend)
+
+ .. versionadded:: 0.4
+
+ Sign data which can be verified later by others using the public key.
+
+ :param algorithm: An instance of a
+ :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm`
+ provider.
+
+ :param backend: A
+ :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.DSABackend`
+ provider.
+
+ :returns:
+ :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.AsymmetricSignatureContext`
+
.. attribute:: key_size
:type: int