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| author | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2014-01-04 12:19:17 -0800 |
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| committer | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2014-01-04 12:19:17 -0800 |
| commit | ac6e02a0813e66f5e7cf75be0b3c7885a292c291 (patch) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into setup-install-extension
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cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/binding.py
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst index 361b723e..edb24cd9 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst @@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ Interfaces used by the symmetric cipher modes described in The name may be used by a backend to influence the operation of a cipher in conjunction with the algorithm's name. + .. method:: validate_for_algorithm(algorithm) + + :param CipherAlgorithm algorithm: + + Checks that the combination of this mode with the provided algorithm + meets any necessary invariants. This should raise an exception if they + are not met. + + For example, the :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.modes.CBC` + mode uses this method to check that the provided initialization + vector's length matches the block size of the algorithm. + .. class:: ModeWithInitializationVector |