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Article #541GMP sites - Was: RSA Public Key Generations.
From: Phil Howard
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:29
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:29
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mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan) writes: >The principal challenge is in finding the two prime numbers that >constitute (most of) the private key. Though there are restrictive >guidelines for choosing these if you're really concerned about security, >choosing random primes will work. >There are plenty of "bignum" packages that will help you do that, >including the widely available GNU Multiple Precision package >"gmp". Look for gmp-1.2.tar.Z at your favorite FTP site. If you don't have a favorite FTP site and can't get archie to find it for you, try ones of these that is nearest you (please avoid transoceanic network links): aeneas.mit.edu pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de .disk2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z alex.stacken.kth.se disk1/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ashley.cs.widener.edu pub/src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z cl-next2.cl.msu.edu bignum/gmp-1.2.tar.Z clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z cnam.cnam.fr pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z crl.dec.com pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z cs.ubc.ca mirror2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z cs.ubc.ca pub/archive/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z dsrbg2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de pub/GNU/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z f.ms.uky.edu pub2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z forwiss.uni-passau.de pub/unix/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z freja.diku.dk gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ftp.uni-kl.de pub1/packages/gnu/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ftp.uni-kl.de pub2/packages/gnu/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ftp.uu.net packages/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ftp.waseda.ac.jp pub/GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z gatekeeper.3com.com mirrors/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z gatekeeper.dec.com .1/GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z geocub.greco-prog.fr pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z gmdzi.gmd.de gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z hpb.mcc.ac.uk pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z hpcsos.col.hp.com mirrors/GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ifi.uio.no gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z iraun1.ira.uka.de gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z iros1.iro.umontreal.ca pub/Internet/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z iskut.ucs.ubc.ca pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z isy.liu.se src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z jaguar.cs.utah.edu gnustuff/gmp-1.2.tar.Z karazm.math.uh.edu pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z miki.cs.titech.ac.jp GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z mizar.docs.uu.se pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z nic.funet.fi pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z nic.switch.ch software/sources/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z nuri.inria.fr gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z oskgate0.mei.co.jp free/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z pdq.coe.montana.edu pub/mirrors/prep-gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z plaza.aarnet.edu.au gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z pprg.eece.unm.edu pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z psuvax1.cs.psu.edu pub/src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z qiclab.scn.rain.com pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z rena.dit.co.jp pub/GNU/libs/gmp-1.2.tar.Z reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de informatik.public/GNU/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z rzsun2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z sh.wide.ad.jp GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z sics.se pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z sifon.cc.mcgill.ca pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z slembe.ifi.uio.no gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z src.doc.ic.ac.uk gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z svin02.info.win.tue.nl pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z switek.uni-muenster.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z theta.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z ugle.unit.no pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu mirrors/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp ftpsync/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca pub/crypto/bignum/gmp-1.2.tar.Z van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca pub/crypto/gmp-1.2.tar.Z walhalla.germany.eu.net pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z walton.maths.tcd.ie src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp pub/GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z wuarchive.wustl.edu mirrors2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z -- /***********************************************************************\ | Phil Howard --- KA9WGN --- pdh@netcom.com | "The problem with | | depending on government is that you cannot depend on it" - Tony Brown | \***********************************************************************/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!pdh From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard ) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: GMP sites - Was: RSA Public Key Generations. Message-ID: <25pmgt#.pdh@netcom.com> Date: 30 Jul 92 20:29:37 GMT References: <avalon.712399566@coombs> <1992Jul29.214014.4507@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Lines: 87