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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst index c184cdf2..1456b0dc 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst @@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ OpenSSH Public Key The format used by OpenSSH to store public keys, as specified in :rfc:`4253`. -Currently, only RSA and DSA public keys are supported. Any other type of key -will result in an exception being thrown. - An example RSA key in OpenSSH format (line breaks added for formatting purposes):: @@ -134,7 +131,8 @@ purposes):: 2MzHvnbv testkey@localhost DSA keys look almost identical but begin with ``ssh-dss`` rather than -``ssh-rsa``. +``ssh-rsa``. ECDSA keys have a slightly different format, they begin with +``ecdsa-sha2-{curve}``. .. function:: load_ssh_public_key(data, backend) @@ -143,12 +141,17 @@ DSA keys look almost identical but begin with ``ssh-dss`` rather than Deserialize a public key from OpenSSH (:rfc:`4253`) encoded data to an instance of the public key type for the specified backend. + .. note:: + + Currently Ed25519 keys are not supported. + :param bytes data: The OpenSSH encoded key data. :param backend: A backend providing - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.RSABackend` or - :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.DSABackend` depending - on key type. + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.RSABackend`, + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.DSABackend`, or + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend` + depending on the key's type. :returns: A new instance of a public key type. |