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Remove keysize requirements / recommendations

This library is probably not the right place to recommend key sizesor have discussions about the relation between key sizes and hashfunction outputs.

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`@@ -90,32 +90,6 @@ generate them for you, then load them in your Python code. OpenSSL`
`90`	`90`	`generates a 4096-bit key in 3.5 seconds on the same machine as used`
`91`	`91`	above. See:ref:`openssl` for more information.
`92`	`92`
`93`		`-Key size requirements`
`94`		`----------------------`
`95`		`-`
`96`		`-Python-RSA version 3.0 introduced PKCS#1-style random padding. This`
`97`		`-means that 11 bytes (88 bits) of your key are no longer usable for`
`98`		`-encryption, so keys smaller than this are unusable. The larger the`
`99`		`-key, the higher the security.`
`100`		`-`
`101`		`-Creating signatures also requires a key of a certain size, depending`
`102`		`-on the used hash method:`
`103`		`-`
`104`		`-+-------------+-----------------------------------+`
`105`		`-\| Hash method\| Suggested minimum key size (bits)\|`
`106`		`-+=============+===================================+`
`107`		`-\| MD5\| 360\|`
`108`		`-+-------------+-----------------------------------+`
`109`		`-\| SHA-1\| 368\|`
`110`		`-+-------------+-----------------------------------+`
`111`		`-\| SHA-256\| 496\|`
`112`		`-+-------------+-----------------------------------+`
`113`		`-\| SHA-384\| 624\|`
`114`		`-+-------------+-----------------------------------+`
`115`		`-\| SHA-512\| 752\|`
`116`		`-+-------------+-----------------------------------+`
`117`		`-`
`118`		`-`
`119`	`93`
`120`	`94`	`Encryption and decryption`
`121`	`95`	`-------------------------`

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