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Reticulum also includes a complete implementation of all necessary primitives
in pure Python. If OpenSSL & PyCA are not available on the system when
in pure Python. If OpenSSL and PyCA are not available on the system when
Reticulum is started, Reticulum will instead use the internal pure-python
primitives. A trivial consequence of this is performance, with the OpenSSL
backend being *much* faster. The most important consequence however, is the
potential loss of security by using primitives that has not seen the same
amount of scrutiny, testing and review as those from OpenSSL.
Please note that by default, installing Reticulum will **require** OpenSSL and
PyCA to also be automatically installed if not already available. It is only
possible to use the pure-python primitives if this requirement is specifically
overridden by the user, for example by installing the `rnspure` package instead
of the normal `rns` package, or by running directly from local source-code.
If you want to use the internal pure-python primitives, it is **highly
advisable** that you have a good understanding of the risks that this pose, and
make an informed decision on whether those risks are acceptable to you.