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add unsafe_skip_rsa_key_validation #7667

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This allows users to skip RSA key validation when calling load_pem_private_key, load_der_private_key, and
RSAPrivateNumbers.private_key. This is a significant performance improvement but is only safe if you know the key is valid. If you use this when the key is invalid OpenSSL makes no guarantees about what might happen. Infinite loops, crashes, and all manner of terrible things become possible if that occurs. Beware, beware, beware.

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This allows users to skip RSA key validation when calling
load_pem_private_key, load_der_private_key, and
RSAPrivateNumbers.private_key. This is a significant performance
improvement but is **only safe if you know the key is valid**. If you
use this when the key is invalid OpenSSL makes no guarantees about what
might happen. Infinite loops, crashes, and all manner of terrible things
become possible if that occurs. Beware, beware, beware.
@reaperhulk reaperhulk force-pushed the fast-but-dangerous-rsa branch from 93c93d8 to 9e42246 Compare October 3, 2022 05:01
@alex alex enabled auto-merge (squash) October 3, 2022 14:26
@alex alex merged commit 01687d6 into pyca:main Oct 3, 2022
@reaperhulk reaperhulk deleted the fast-but-dangerous-rsa branch October 3, 2022 14:30
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Massive performance regression in RSA key loading in cryptography 37.0.x
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