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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index 78a35cd9..6f24f906 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -454,3 +454,25 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. :returns: :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.CMACContext` + + +.. class:: PKCS8SerializationBackend + + .. versionadded:: 0.5 + + A backend with methods for working with PKCS #8 key serialization. + + .. method:: load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(data, password) + + :param bytes data: PEM data to deserialize. + + :param bytes password: The password to use if this data is encrypted. + Should be None if the data is not encrypted. + + :return: A new instance of the appropriate private key or public key + that the serialized data contains. + + :raises ValueError: If the data could not be deserialized correctly. + + :raises cryptography.exceptions.UnsupportedAlgorithm: If the data is + encrypted with an unsupported algorithm. |