rsa/User Guide.md

Installing the dependencies

Running pip install -r requirements.txt should install all the necessary packages for the project.

Generating a new key-pair

Running ./generate.py should print out n, e, and d. n and e are components of the public key, while d is the private key.

Encrypting a string

Running ./encrypt.py text n e should encrypt text and print out the encrypted string.

Decrypting a string

Running ./decrypt.py text d n should decrypt text and print out the decrypted string.

Running the CLI

If you don't want to run the scripts separately, you can run ./main.py to use the default CLI of the project.

Limitations

Due to the limited key size, the algorithm cannot correctly encrypt and decrypt strings exceeding certain lengths. To increase the length of supported strings, modify generate.py to increase the size of the generated keys.