From da6fc2cb6a663d1e1d3e59ee99a4653f8b6272aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sybren=20A=2E=20St=C3=BCvel?= Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:34:01 +0100 Subject: Added security note to README.md --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ea24210..875c7f6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ or download it from the [Python Package Index](https://pypi.org/project/rsa/). The source code is maintained at [GitHub](https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa/) and is licensed under the [Apache License, version 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) +Security +-------- + +Because of how Python internally stores numbers, it is very hard (if not impossible) to make a pure-Python program secure against timing attacks. This library is no exception, so use it with care. + + Major changes in 4.1 -------------------- -- cgit v1.2.1