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author | Sybren A. Stüvel <sybren@stuvel.eu> | 2011-07-10 12:17:01 +0200 |
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committer | Sybren A. Stüvel <sybren@stuvel.eu> | 2011-07-10 12:17:01 +0200 |
commit | f7bbe1053bedde2e38688292501126ef8417096a (patch) | |
tree | ddfba491a64012bd1ca117b41855ae1df21106f8 /rsa/pkcs1.py | |
parent | 714324a9a34f0958704e5064251a1f00ed37a372 (diff) | |
download | rsa-git-f7bbe1053bedde2e38688292501126ef8417096a.tar.gz |
Added a bit of docstring
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diff --git a/rsa/pkcs1.py b/rsa/pkcs1.py index 58aa312..d84c24c 100644 --- a/rsa/pkcs1.py +++ b/rsa/pkcs1.py @@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ This module implements certain functionality from PKCS1 version 1.5. For a very clear example, read http://www.di-mgt.com.au/rsa_alg.html#pkcs1schemes +At least 8 bytes of random padding is used when encrypting a message. This makes +these methods much more secure than the ones in the ``rsa`` module. + ''' import os from rsa import common, transform, core + def _pad_for_encryption(message, target_length): r'''Pads the message for encryption, returning the padded message. |