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> Dead on, absolutely. Number-theoretic public-key crypto is terrifying. Why is that?

• tptacek 13y ago
  Lots of failure modes.
  • colanderman 13y ago
    In the theory? Design? Implementation? Execution? Use?
    • pvarangot 13y ago
      Yes.
  • ihodes 13y ago
    Ah, okay. The math is secure AFAIKnew, so I was curious what you meant.