sorry, too much caffeine. What I meant to say was:
The only reason it is so "secure" is the general assumption that extremely large numbers are hard to factor. What if they weren't?
I'm pretty sure prime numbers are hard to factor. If anyone has factored a prime I would like to hear from you!
Who needs hardware? A breakthrough in prime number theory would make PKI oboslete. The only reason it is so "secure" is the general assumption that prime numbers are extremely hard to factor. What if they weren't?
from arlo.net:
But it took a long time until Arlo understood the true significance of his record's appearance in the Nixon library. Richard Nixon had been brought down by a gap in a tape, a gap that timed out at exactly 18 minutes and 20 seconds. And few things in the world of sound run precisely 18 minutes and 20 seconds.
But one of the things that does run 18 minutes and 20 seconds is a little ditty recorded in 1967 by one Arlo Guthrie, a tale of dumped trash and draft-dodging and 27 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures and crime and punishment and the Group W be nch and a lady named Alice who lived in a church.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, now the truth can be told: It was the 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree' that Richard Nixon snipped from the Watergate tape, causing his downfall and toppling the government of the United States.
Talk about payback.
Slashdot Mirror
sorry, too much caffeine. What I meant to say was: The only reason it is so "secure" is the general assumption that extremely large numbers are hard to factor. What if they weren't? I'm pretty sure prime numbers are hard to factor. If anyone has factored a prime I would like to hear from you!
Who needs hardware? A breakthrough in prime number theory would make PKI oboslete. The only reason it is so "secure" is the general assumption that prime numbers are extremely hard to factor. What if they weren't?
from arlo.net: But it took a long time until Arlo understood the true significance of his record's appearance in the Nixon library. Richard Nixon had been brought down by a gap in a tape, a gap that timed out at exactly 18 minutes and 20 seconds. And few things in the world of sound run precisely 18 minutes and 20 seconds. But one of the things that does run 18 minutes and 20 seconds is a little ditty recorded in 1967 by one Arlo Guthrie, a tale of dumped trash and draft-dodging and 27 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures and crime and punishment and the Group W be nch and a lady named Alice who lived in a church. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, now the truth can be told: It was the 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree' that Richard Nixon snipped from the Watergate tape, causing his downfall and toppling the government of the United States. Talk about payback.