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diff --git a/security/p5-Crypt-RSA/pkg-descr b/security/p5-Crypt-RSA/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8224c2e5e83e --- /dev/null +++ b/security/p5-Crypt-RSA/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Crypt::RSA is a pure-perl, cleanroom implementation of the RSA public-key +cryptosystem. It uses Math::Pari(3), a perl interface to the blazingly fast +PARI library, for big integer arithmetic and number theoretic computations. + +Crypt::RSA provides arbitrary size key-pair generation, plaintext-aware +encryption (OAEP) and digital signatures with appendix (PSS). For compatibility +with SSLv3, RSAREF2, PGP and other applications that follow the PKCS #1 v1.5 +standard, it also provides PKCS #1 v1.5 encryption and signatures. + +Crypt::RSA is structured as bundle of modules that encapsulate different parts +of the RSA cryptosystem. The RSA algorithm is implemented in +Crypt::RSA::Primitives(3). Encryption schemes, located under Crypt::RSA::ES, +and signature schemes, located under Crypt::RSA::SS, use the RSA algorithm to +build encryption/signature schemes that employ secure padding. (See the note on +Security of Padding Schemes.) + +The key generation engine and other functions that work on both components of +the key-pair are encapsulated in Crypt::RSA::Key(3). Crypt::RSA::Key::Public(3) +& Crypt::RSA::Key::Private(3) provide mechanisms for storage & retrival of keys +from disk, decoding & encoding of keys in certain formats, and secure +representation of keys in memory. Finally, the Crypt::RSA module provides a +convenient, DWIM wrapper around the rest of the modules in the bundle. |