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| author | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2013-11-18 14:13:02 -0800 |
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| committer | David Reid <dreid@dreid.org> | 2013-11-18 14:13:02 -0800 |
| commit | 6b9df81232514bd36c14a07ef3beb901ddb2af7a (patch) | |
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Describe what backends provide via these interfaces and that not all backends must provide all interfaces.
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst index 98c099bb..c55d86dc 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Backend Interfaces .. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.bindings.interfaces +Backend implementations may provide a number of interfaces to support operations +such as :doc:`/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption`, +:doc:`/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes`, and +:doc:`/hazmat/primitives/hmac`. + +A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. + + .. class:: CipherBackend A backend which provides methods for using ciphers for encryption |