From: Brian Warner Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:42:26 +0000 (-0800) Subject: client.py: fix/update comments on KeyGenerator X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/statistics?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fb879ddea40c03e764d3c42ca76a50df6ed5825b;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git client.py: fix/update comments on KeyGenerator --- diff --git a/src/allmydata/client.py b/src/allmydata/client.py index 7bab5577..ec079762 100644 --- a/src/allmydata/client.py +++ b/src/allmydata/client.py @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class SecretHolder: return self._convergence_secret class KeyGenerator: + """I create RSA keys for mutable files. Each call to generate() returns a + single keypair. The keysize is specified first by the keysize= argument + to generate(), then with a default set by set_default_keysize(), then + with a built-in default of 2048 bits.""" def __init__(self): self._remote = None self.default_keysize = 2048 @@ -60,11 +64,20 @@ class KeyGenerator: self._remote = keygen def set_default_keysize(self, keysize): """Call this to override the size of the RSA keys created for new - mutable files. The default of None means to let mutable.filenode - choose its own size, which means 2048 bits.""" + mutable files which don't otherwise specify a size. This will affect + all subsequent calls to generate() without a keysize= argument. The + default size is 2048 bits. Test cases should call this method once + during setup, to cause me to create smaller (522 bit) keys, so the + unit tests run faster.""" self.default_keysize = keysize def generate(self, keysize=None): + """I return a Deferred that fires with a (verifyingkey, signingkey) + pair. I accept a keysize in bits (522 bit keys are fast for testing, + 2048 bit keys are standard). If you do not provide a keysize, I will + use my default, which is set by a call to set_default_keysize(). If + set_default_keysize() has never been called, I will create 2048 bit + keys.""" keysize = keysize or self.default_keysize if self._remote: d = self._remote.callRemote('get_rsa_key_pair', keysize)