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This reasoning doesn't hold if we're still operating within the base assumptions of RSA (and if we're not, no private key is secure)
by 3np 4y ago
This reasoning doesn't hold if we're still operating within the base assumptions of RSA (and if we're not, no private key is secure)
- jagged-chisel 4y agoLet’s try it this way: what if two people, unlikely as it may be, generate the same key pair? Two people know the private key, and factoring is still hard.
- hgsgm 4y ago"someone might guess a key by luck" has always been an accepted risk of RSA or any key-based encryption system. It's an "act of God".