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author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-01-28 12:19:32 -0600 |
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committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2014-01-28 12:19:32 -0600 |
commit | 5d1af21519c728f1514efc1018eb427e7fb18559 (patch) | |
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documentation improvements for KDF
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/index.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/index.rst index 2a29bd8f..bde07392 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/index.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/index.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Primitives cryptographic-hashes hmac symmetric-encryption - key-derivation-functions padding + key-derivation-functions constant-time interfaces diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst index af2d910f..51d73bc2 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst @@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ using a pseudo-random function (PRF). .. class:: PBKDF2(algorithm, length, salt, iterations, backend): + .. versionadded:: 0.2 + + This class conforms to the + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.KeyDerivationFunction` + interface. + .. doctest:: + >>> import os + >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.kdf.pbkdf2 import PBKDF2 >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend >>> backend = default_backend() @@ -22,19 +30,18 @@ using a pseudo-random function (PRF). >>> # verify >>> kdf = PBKDF2(hashes.SHA1(), 20, salt, 10000, backend) >>> kdf.verify(b"my great password", key) - None - - :param algorithm: An instance of a - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm` - provider. - :param int length: The desired length of the derived key. Maximum is + :param algorithm: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.HashAlgorithm` + provider. + :param int length: The desired length of the derived key. Maximum is 2\ :sup:`31` - 1. - - :param bytes salt: A salt. `NIST SP 800-132`_ recommends 128-bits or - longer. - - :param int iterations: The number of iterations to perform of the hash - function. + :param bytes salt: A salt. `NIST SP 800-132`_ recommends 128-bits or + longer. + :param int iterations: The number of iterations to perform of the hash + function. + :param backend: A + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.CipherBackend` + provider. .. _`NIST SP 800-132`: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-132/nist-sp800-132.pdf |