Re: Security of RSA and factoring (correction).

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From: stewart
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1987 19:24

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> It's not this easy.  You need the factors of your prime to generate the
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> RSA keys.  This prevents you from setting up the "fake" RSA scheme to
> get the factorization.

I meant, of course, "the prime factors of your composite".  Thanks to
those who (politely) pointed out my typo.

Bob Stewart
ihnp4!ihlpf!stewart

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