diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'rsa/pkcs1.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | rsa/pkcs1.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
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. |