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1.. Python-RSA documentation master file, created by
2   sphinx-quickstart on Sat Jul 30 23:11:07 2011.
3   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
4   contain the root `toctree` directive.
5
6Welcome to Python-RSA's documentation!
7======================================
8
9Python-RSA is a pure-Python RSA implementation. It supports
10encryption and decryption, signing and verifying signatures, and key
11generation according to PKCS#1 version 1.5.
12
13If you have the time and skill to improve the implementation, by all
14means be my guest. The best way is to clone the `Git
15repository`_ and send me a merge request when you've got something
16worth merging.
17
18.. _`Git repository`: https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa
19
20
21Security notice
22---------------
23
24This RSA implementation has seen the eyes of a security expert, and it
25uses an industry standard random padding method. However, there are
26still possible vectors of attack. Just to name one example, it doesn't
27compress the input stream to remove repetitions, and if you display
28the stack trace of a :py:class:`rsa.pkcs1.CryptoError` exception
29you'll leak information about the reason why decryption or
30verification failed.
31
32I'm sure that those aren't the only insecurities. Use your own
33judgement to decide whether this module is secure enough for your
34application.
35
36Contents
37--------
38
39.. toctree::
40    :maxdepth: 2
41    :numbered:
42
43    intro
44    installation
45    upgrading
46    licence
47    usage
48    cli
49    compatibility
50    reference
51
52
53* :ref:`genindex`
54* :ref:`search`
55