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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst index 979d3e4b..88e6e517 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst @@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ Elliptic curve cryptography Generate a new private key on ``curve`` for use with ``backend``. - :param curve: A :class:`EllipticCurve` provider. + :param curve: An instance of :class:`EllipticCurve`. - :param backend: A - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend` - provider. + :param backend: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend`. - :returns: A new instance of a :class:`EllipticCurvePrivateKey` provider. + :returns: A new instance of :class:`EllipticCurvePrivateKey`. Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms @@ -31,9 +30,8 @@ Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms The ECDSA signature algorithm first standardized in NIST publication `FIPS 186-3`_, and later in `FIPS 186-4`_. - :param algorithm: An instance of a - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes.HashAlgorithm` - provider. + :param algorithm: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes.HashAlgorithm`. .. doctest:: @@ -88,12 +86,10 @@ Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms Convert a collection of numbers into a private key suitable for doing actual cryptographic operations. - :param backend: A - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend` - provider. + :param backend: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend`. - :returns: A new instance of a :class:`EllipticCurvePrivateKey` - provider. + :returns: A new instance of :class:`EllipticCurvePrivateKey`. .. class:: EllipticCurvePublicNumbers(x, y, curve) @@ -125,12 +121,10 @@ Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithms Convert a collection of numbers into a public key suitable for doing actual cryptographic operations. - :param backend: A - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend` - provider. + :param backend: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend`. - :returns: A new instance of a :class:`EllipticCurvePublicKey` - provider. + :returns: A new instance of :class:`EllipticCurvePublicKey`. .. method:: encode_point() @@ -217,7 +211,7 @@ Currently `cryptography` only supports NIST curves, none of which are considered "safe" by the `SafeCurves`_ project run by Daniel J. Bernstein and Tanja Lange. -All named curves are providers of :class:`EllipticCurve`. +All named curves are instances of :class:`EllipticCurve`. .. class:: SECT571K1 |