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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst index f14f4037..b94c0e10 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst @@ -118,7 +118,12 @@ all begin with ``-----BEGIN {format}-----`` and end with ``-----END :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.PEMSerializationBackend` provider. - :returns: A new instance of a private key. + :returns: One of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPrivateKey`, + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPrivateKey`, + or + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePrivateKey` + depending on the contents of ``data``. :raises ValueError: If the PEM data could not be decrypted or if its structure could not be decoded successfully. @@ -136,7 +141,8 @@ all begin with ``-----BEGIN {format}-----`` and end with ``-----END .. versionadded:: 0.6 Deserialize a public key from PEM encoded data to one of the supported - asymmetric public key types. + asymmetric public key types. The PEM encoded data is typically a + ``subjectPublicKeyInfo`` payload as specified in :rfc:`5280`. .. doctest:: @@ -151,7 +157,13 @@ all begin with ``-----BEGIN {format}-----`` and end with ``-----END :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.PEMSerializationBackend` provider. - :returns: A new instance of a public key. + + :returns: One of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPublicKey`, + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPublicKey`, + or + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePublicKey` + depending on the contents of ``data``. :raises ValueError: If the PEM data's structure could not be decoded successfully. @@ -183,7 +195,12 @@ the rest. :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.DERSerializationBackend` provider. - :returns: A new instance of a private key. + :returns: One of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPrivateKey`, + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPrivateKey`, + or + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePrivateKey` + depending on the contents of ``data``. :raises ValueError: If the DER data could not be decrypted or if its structure could not be decoded successfully. @@ -210,7 +227,8 @@ the rest. .. versionadded:: 0.8 Deserialize a public key from DER encoded data to one of the supported - asymmetric public key types. + asymmetric public key types. The DER encoded data is typically a + ``subjectPublicKeyInfo`` payload as specified in :rfc:`5280`. :param bytes data: The DER encoded key data. @@ -218,7 +236,12 @@ the rest. :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.DERSerializationBackend` provider. - :returns: A new instance of a public key. + :returns: One of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPublicKey`, + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPublicKey`, + or + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePublicKey` + depending on the contents of ``data``. :raises ValueError: If the DER data's structure could not be decoded successfully. @@ -275,7 +298,12 @@ DSA keys look almost identical but begin with ``ssh-dss`` rather than :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.EllipticCurveBackend` depending on the key's type. - :returns: A new instance of a public key type. + :returns: One of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPublicKey`, + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPublicKey`, + or + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePublicKey` + depending on the contents of ``data``. :raises ValueError: If the OpenSSH data could not be properly decoded or if the key is not in the proper format. |