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On inventing public-key crypto, GCHQ was 3 or 4 years ahead of the public: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography#History http://en.wikipedia.org/
by abecedarius 13y ago
On inventing public-key crypto, GCHQ was 3 or 4 years ahead of the public: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography#History
That source says nothing about the NSA. Is it believed the NSA invented it earlier and didn't share with GCHQ?