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by rocqua 2779 days ago
Last I heard on RSA-OAEP vs RSA-PKCS is that, since RSA-PKCS got a 'security proof' it is actually favored. Reason being that it gives similar guarantees but is easier to compute.

I don't know the details of the security proof for RSA-PKCS though, just that there is one.

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You're thinking signatures, not encryption.

https://paragonie.com/blog/2018/04/protecting-rsa-based-prot...