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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2017-10-11 19:49:57 +0800
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2017-10-11 07:49:57 -0400
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let's talk about bits baby (#3956)
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@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ mathematical properties`_.
.. versionadded:: 0.5
Generates a new RSA private key using the provided ``backend``.
- ``key_size`` describes how many bits long the key should be, larger keys
- provide more security, currently ``1024`` and below are considered
- breakable, and ``2048`` or ``4096`` are reasonable default key sizes for
+ ``key_size`` describes how many :term:`bits` long the key should be. Larger
+ keys provide more security; currently ``1024`` and below are considered
+ breakable while ``2048`` or ``4096`` are reasonable default key sizes for
new keys. The ``public_exponent`` indicates what one mathematical property
of the key generation will be. Unless you have a specific reason to do
otherwise, you should always `use 65537`_.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mathematical properties`_.
Usually one of the small Fermat primes 3, 5, 17, 257, 65537. If in
doubt you should `use 65537`_.
- :param int key_size: The length of the modulus in bits. For keys
+ :param int key_size: The length of the modulus in :term:`bits`. For keys
generated in 2015 it is strongly recommended to be
`at least 2048`_ (See page 41). It must not be less than 512.
Some backends may have additional limitations.