From 3dccf6a87de73f7e3f30f56e5fc841dfe8949bba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 01:31:51 -1000 Subject: be clearer that 65537 is the right answer (#3714) * be clearer that 65537 is the right answer * Different language * remove trailing whitespace --- docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric') diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst index 121f156d..152e5ed8 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/rsa.rst @@ -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:: -- cgit v1.2.3