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diff --git a/manual/encryption.rst b/manual/encryption.rst index 6ca950f7..48d72435 100644 --- a/manual/encryption.rst +++ b/manual/encryption.rst @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ What does all this mean? Here are a few things to realize. 5 bytes long and can be easily brute-forced. As such, files encrypted with 40-bit encryption are not secure regardless of how strong the password is. With 128-bit encryption, the default - security handler uses RC4 encryption, which is also known be + security handler uses RC4 encryption, which is also known to be insecure. As such, the only way to securely encrypt a PDF file using the standard security handler (as of the last review of this chapter in 2022) is to use AES encryption. This is the only supported |