While there are multiple warnings about textbook RSA here in the comments there are currently no direct references to what you are actually supposed to do. The

While there are multiple warnings about textbook RSA here in the comments there are currently no direct references to what you are actually supposed to do. The Wikipedia page for PKCS 1[1] provides some basic references. There is a RFC[2]. RSA is very well understood at this point. Rather than obsessing over the wrong way to do it we should be showing people the right way. There is no reason to present simplified examples without reference to the standard. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_1 [2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8017 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8017