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+Pure Python RSA implementation
+==============================
+
+`Python-RSA`_ is a pure-Python RSA implementation. It supports
+encryption and decryption, signing and verifying signatures, and key
+generation according to PKCS#1 version 1.5. It can be used as a Python
+library as well as on the commandline. The code was mostly written by
+Sybren A. Stüvel.
+
+Documentation can be found at the Python-RSA homepage:
+http://stuvel.eu/rsa
+
+Download and install using::
+
+ pip install rsa
+
+or::
+
+ easy_install rsa
+
+or download it from the `Python Package Index`_.
+
+The source code is maintained in a `Mercurial repository`_ and is
+licensed under the `Apache License, version 2.0`_
+
+
+.. _`Python-RSA`: http://stuvel.eu/rsa
+.. _`Mercurial repository`: https://bitbucket.org/sybren/python-rsa
+.. _`Python Package Index`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/rsa
+.. _`Apache License, version 2.0`: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+