Package perl-Crypt-RSA: Information
Source package: perl-Crypt-RSA
Version: 1.96-alt1.1
Build time: Nov 23, 2010, 04:59 AM
Category: Development/Perl
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License: Artistic
Summary: Crypt-RSA - RSA public-key cryptosystem
Description:
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.
Maintainer: Vitaly Lipatov
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Last changed
Nov. 22, 2010 Igor Vlasenko 1.96-alt1.1
- repair after perl 5.12 upgrade using girar-nmu
July 13, 2010 Igor Vlasenko 1.96-alt1
- automated CPAN update
Sept. 6, 2008 Vitaly Lipatov 1.58-alt2
- fix directory ownership violation