From 483700ada63972e600c7770c124f5aa0568dabf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sybren=20A=2E=20St=C3=BCvel?= Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:24:28 +0200 Subject: Use Chinese Remainder Theorem when decrypting with private key Use the Chinese Remainder Theorem when decrypting with private key, as that makes the decryption 2-4x faster. This fixes #163. --- CHANGELOG.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'CHANGELOG.md') diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 82a9ab7..3078332 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ - Added marker file for PEP 561. This will allow type checking tools in dependent projects to use type annotations from Python-RSA ([#136](https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa/pull/136)). +- Use the Chinese Remainder Theorem when decrypting with a private key. This + makes decryption 2-4x faster + ([#163](https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa/pull/163)). ## Version 4.7.2 - released 2021-02-24 -- cgit v1.2.1