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"Public key crypto algorithms utilize prime numbers extensively; indeed, prime numbers are an essential part of the major public key systems" http://www.sans.or
by AlexFromBelgium 14y ago
"Public key crypto algorithms utilize prime numbers extensively; indeed, prime numbers are an essential part of the major public key systems" http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/vpns/prime-numbers-public-key-cryptography_969 http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/vpns/prime-numb...
- andrewcooke 14y agobut they cannot use "biggest" primes because, typically, security relies on the prime being unknown.
- eru 14y agoYes. But they employ techniques that were at the forefront of the search for big prime numbers in earlier times.
- prezjordan 14y agoIs that how cracking begins? They start with "famously" prime numbers? I've always wondered about this.