Pure Python RSA implementation
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`Python-RSA`_ is a pure-Python RSA implementation. It supports
encryption and decryption, signing and verifying signatures, and key
generation according to PKCS#1 version 1.5. It can be used as a Python
library as well as on the commandline. The code was mostly written by
Sybren A.  Stüvel.

Documentation can be found at the Python-RSA homepage:
http://stuvel.eu/rsa

Download and install using::

    pip install rsa

or::

    easy_install rsa

or download it from the `Python Package Index`_.

The source code is maintained in a `Mercurial repository`_ and is
licensed under the `Apache License, version 2.0`_


.. _`Python-RSA`: http://stuvel.eu/rsa
.. _`Mercurial repository`: https://bitbucket.org/sybren/python-rsa
.. _`Python Package Index`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/rsa
.. _`Apache License, version 2.0`: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0