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.. hazmat::

Backends

Getting a backend

.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.backends

cryptography was designed to support multiple cryptographic backends, but consumers rarely need this flexibility. Starting with version 3.1 backend arguments are optional and the default backend will automatically be selected if none is specified.

On older versions you can get the default backend by calling :func:`~default_backend`.

.. function:: default_backend()

    :returns: An object that provides at least
        :class:`~interfaces.CipherBackend`, :class:`~interfaces.HashBackend`, and
        :class:`~interfaces.HMACBackend`.

Individual backends

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    openssl
    interfaces