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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst index 53023015..0692f0f2 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst @@ -591,6 +591,18 @@ Interfaces used by the symmetric cipher modes described in individual modes. +.. class:: ModeWithAuthenticationTag + + A cipher mode with an authentication tag. + + .. attribute:: tag + + :type: bytes + + Exact requirements of the tag are described by the documentation of + individual modes. + + .. _`described by Colin Percival`: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-06-11-cryptographic-right-answers.html .. _`recommends a 96-bit IV length`: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/BCM/documents/proposedmodes/gcm/gcm-spec.pdf |