From 419615b0cf02d3763b7da208d7118b39e5f25a3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 21:01:16 -0600 Subject: serialize EC public keys --- docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst') diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst index 256c1832..6c03d773 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/ec.rst @@ -405,6 +405,36 @@ Key Interfaces :returns: An :class:`EllipticCurvePublicNumbers` instance. +.. class:: EllipticCurvePublicKeyWithSerialization + + .. versionadded:: 0.6 + + Extends :class:`EllipticCurvePublicKey`. + + .. method:: public_numbers() + + Create a :class:`EllipticCurvePublicNumbers` object. + + :returns: An :class:`EllipticCurvePublicNumbers` instance. + + .. method:: public_bytes(encoding, format) + + Allows serialization of the key to bytes. Encoding ( + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding.PEM` or + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding.DER`) and + format ( + :attr:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo`) + are chosen to define the exact serialization. + + :param encoding: A value from the + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.Encoding` enum. + + :param format: A value from the + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.PublicFormat` enum. + + :return bytes: Serialized key. + + .. _`FIPS 186-3`: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips186-3/fips_186-3.pdf .. _`FIPS 186-4`: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.186-4.pdf .. _`some concern`: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/10263/should-we-trust-the-nist-recommended-ecc-parameters -- cgit v1.2.3