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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2017-06-23 01:31:51 -1000
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2017-06-23 07:31:51 -0400
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be clearer that 65537 is the right answer (#3714)
* be clearer that 65537 is the right answer * Different language * remove trailing whitespace
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@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ mathematical properties`_.
provide more security, currently ``1024`` and below are considered
breakable, and ``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, ``65537`` should almost always be used.
+ of the key generation will be. Unless you have a specific reason to do
+ otherwise, you should always `use 65537`_.
.. doctest::