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On 09/09/2015 12:13 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> >Also a question regarding .get_len: for RSA with padding the minimum
>> >dest buffer length depends on the input.  What is that call supposed
>> >to return in that case?
> I would guess that the destination buffer minimum size should be RSA size 
> minus the minimum padding size. This way, the caller is always sure to get all 
> data without error.

I think it should always be the size of modulo.