Re: Breaking RSA?

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From: Eric Weaver
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:20

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In article <BznFDu.5uI@cs.bham.ac.uk>, jwh@cs.bham.ac.uk (James Hawtin) writes:
|> Ok so I understand now how the RSA system works, I am sure others have already asked
|> but what is the best way to attack it?

If you can arrange to deliver ciphertext and see the decrypted plaintext,
I have heard it said that a ciphertext frame of ...00002 will show up the
private key nicely.  I think one can work out a test of this with small keys.

Moral:  Don't decrypt such a frame! 
-- 
Eric Weaver  Sony AVTC  677 River Oaks Pkwy, MS 35  SJ CA 95134  408 944-4904
& Chief Engineer, KFJC 89.7 Foothill College, Los Altos Hills CA 94022

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