From 13f1d8dfd7c216177c605341aa9a180ff813bd19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Stapleton Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 16:50:11 +0100 Subject: EllipticCurveBackend interfaces --- docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/hazmat') diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst index 6f24f906..c1ce621a 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst @@ -476,3 +476,54 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces. :raises cryptography.exceptions.UnsupportedAlgorithm: If the data is encrypted with an unsupported algorithm. + + +.. class:: EllipticCurveBackend + + .. versionadded:: 0.5 + + .. method:: elliptic_curve_supported(curve) + + :param curve: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurve` + provider. + + :returns: True if the elliptic curve is supported by this backend. + + .. method:: elliptic_curve_signature_algorithm_supported(signature_algorithm, curve) + + :param signature_algorithm: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurveSignatureAlgorithm` + provider. + + :param curve: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurve` + provider. + + :returns: True if the signature algorithm and curve are supported by this backend. + + .. method:: generate_elliptic_curve_private_key(curve) + + :param curve: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurve` + provider. + + .. method:: elliptic_curve_private_key_from_numbers(numbers) + + :param numbers: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers` + provider. + + :returns: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurvePrivateKey` + provider. + + .. method:: elliptic_curve_public_key_from_numbers(numbers) + + :param numbers: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurvePublicNumbers` + provider. + + :returns: An instance of a + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.EllipticCurvePublicKey` + provider. -- cgit v1.2.3