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=over 4

=item B<ES> (Encryption Scheme) 

    'OAEP', 'PKCS1v15'

=item B<SS> (Signature Scheme) 

    'PSS', 'PKCS1v15'

=item B<KF> (Key Format) 

    'Native', 'SSH'

=item B<PP> (Post Processor) 

    'ASCII' 

=back 

=head1 ERROR HANDLING

All modules in the Crypt::RSA bundle use a common error handling method
(implemented in Crypt::RSA::Errorhandler(3)). When a method fails it
returns undef and calls $self->error() with the error message. This error
message is available to the caller through the errstr() method. For more
details see the Crypt::RSA::Errorhandler(3) manpage.

=head1 AUTHOR

Vipul Ved Prakash, E<lt>mail@vipul.netE<gt>

=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Ilya Zakharevich for help with Math::Pari, Benjamin Trott for
several patches including SSH key support, Genèche Ramanoudjame for
extensive testing and numerous bug reports, Shizukesa on #perl for
suggesting the error handling method used in this module, and Dave Paris
for good advice.

=head1 LICENSE 

Copyright (c) 2000-2008, Vipul Ved Prakash. This code is free software;
it is distributed under the same license as Perl itself.

I have received requests for commercial licenses of
Crypt::RSA, from those who desire contractual support and
indemnification. I'd be happy to provide a commercial license
if you need one. Please send me mail at C<mail@vipul.net> with
the subject "Crypt::RSA license". Please don't send me mail
asking if you need a commercial license. You don't, if
Artistic of GPL suit you fine.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Crypt::RSA::Primitives>,
L<Crypt::RSA::DataFormat>,
L<Crypt::RSA::Errorhandler>,
L<Crypt::RSA::Debug>,
L<Crypt::CBC>,
L<Crypt::Blowfish>,
L<Tie::EncryptedHash>,
L<Convert::ASCII::Armour>,
L<Class::Loader>,
L<Math::Prime::Util>.

=head1 REPORTING BUGS

All bug reports related to Crypt::RSA should go to rt.cpan.org 
at C<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Crypt-RSA>

Crypt::RSA is considered to be stable. If you are running into a
problem, it's likely of your own making. Please check your code
and consult the documentation before posting a bug report. A
google search with the error message might also shed light if it
is a common mistake that you've made.

=head1 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chronologically sorted (for the most part).

=over 4

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=item 2 B<U. Maurer.> Fast Generation of Prime Numbers and Secure Public-Key Cryptographic Parameters (1994).

=item 3 B<M. Bellare, P. Rogaway.> Optimal Asymmetric Encryption - How to Encrypt with RSA (1995).

=item 4 B<M. Bellare, P. Rogaway.> The Exact Security of Digital Signatures - How to sign with RSA and Rabin (1996).

=item 5 B<B. Schneier.> Applied Cryptography, Second Edition (1996).

=item 6 B<A. Menezes, P. Oorschot, S. Vanstone.> Handbook of Applied Cryptography (1997).

=item 7 B<D. Boneh.> Twenty Years of Attacks on the RSA Cryptosystem (1998).

=item 8 B<D. Bleichenbacher, M. Joye, J. Quisquater.> A New and Optimal Chosen-message Attack on RSA-type Cryptosystems (1998).

=item 9 B<B. Kaliski, J. Staddon.> Recent Results on PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Standard, RSA Labs Bulletin Number 7 (1998).

=item 10 B<B. Kaliski, J. Staddon.> PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications v2.0, RFC 2437 (1998).

=item 11 B<SSH Communications Security.> SSH 1.2.7 source code (1998).

=item 12 B<S. Simpson.> PGP DH vs. RSA FAQ v1.5 (1999).

=item 13 B<RSA Laboratories.> Draft I, PKCS #1 v2.1: RSA Cryptography Standard (1999).

=item 14 B<E. Young, T. Hudson, OpenSSL Team.> OpenSSL 0.9.5a source code (2000).

=item 15 B<Several Authors.> The sci.crypt FAQ at
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cryptography-faq/part01/index.html

=item 16 B<Victor Shoup.> A Proposal for an ISO Standard for Public Key Encryption (2001).

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