crypto/rsa

Package rsa

Overview

Package rsa implements RSA encryption as specified in PKCS#1.

RSA is a single, fundamental operation that is used in this package to implement either public-key encryption or public-key signatures.

The original specification for encryption and signatures with RSA is PKCS#1 and the terms "RSA encryption" and "RSA signatures" by default refer to PKCS#1 version 1.5. However, that specification has flaws and new designs should use version two, usually called by just OAEP and PSS, where possible.

Two sets of interfaces are included in this package. When a more abstract interface isn't necessary, there are functions for encrypting/decrypting wi