Explicit documentation for deprecated PKCS#1v15 Encryption

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cryptography

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Locate the documentation for the RSA encryption APIs and review how PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption is described. Done means the deprecated status of the RSAES scheme is explicitly documented without changing its implementation.

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Description

Usage of the deprecated PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption algorithm (i.e., RSAES encryption scheme) should be explicitly documented.

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