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I see. Thank you, tptacek. > People generate large primes using programs designed to do that Do you mind to name one such program?

• tptacek 11y ago
  Well, anything that does RSA, right? An easy way to do this yourself is to jump into a Ruby IRB and do "OpenSSL::BN.generate_prime(512).to_s".
  • dunham 11y ago
    If I remember right, this generates a number that is probably prime. :)
    • Filligree 11y ago
      For values of "probably" that are effectively "certainly", yes.