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Article #7Re: Prime generation, a possible weakness in PGP?
From: Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 14:45
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 14:45
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Ari.Huttunen@hut.fi (Ari Huttunen) writes:
> I am concerned about the primeness of the prime numbers
> that PGP generates. This is how they are done:
..............
It's my understanding that if the numbers AREN'T prime, the decription
won't work. True?
If you can send/receive messages, you must have primes numbers.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pmafire!news.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!news2me.ebay.sun.com!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!texsun!wb9rxw!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy) Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp,sci.crypt Subject: Re: Prime generation, a possible weakness in PGP? Message-ID: <ZuyBsB1w164w@k5qwb.lonestar.org> Date: 8 Oct 92 14:45:46 GMT References: <ARI.HUTTUNEN.92Sep27174550@laphroaig.cs.hut.fi> Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb Lines: 20