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### Installing the dependencies
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Running `pip install -r requirements.txt` should install all the necessary packages for the project.
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### Generating a new key-pair
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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.
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### Encrypting a string
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Running `./encrypt.py text n e` should encrypt `text` and print out the encrypted string.
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### Decrypting a string
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Running `./decrypt.py text d n` should decrypt `text` and print out the decrypted string.
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### Running the CLI
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If you don't want to run the scripts separately, you can run `./main.py` to use the default CLI of the project.
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### Limitations
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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](./generate.py) to increase the size of the generated keys.
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