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1994-06-17 - Re: Prime magnitude and keys…a ?

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From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
To: sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu (SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N)
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Message ID: <199406171531.KAA01459@zoom.bga.com>
Reply To: <94Jun17.112118edt.8280@cannon.ecf.toronto.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1994-06-17 15:32:58 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 08:32:58 PDT

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From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 08:32:58 PDT
To: sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu (SINCLAIR  DOUGLAS N)
Subject: Re: Prime magnitude and keys...a ?
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> 
> I hope not.  If such a thing existed (if I understand your description
> correctly) RSA could be cracked by a binary search of keyspace.  The
> search would be O(log(n)), meaning it would be directly linear with
> the number of bits in the key.
> 
Exactly.

If you (or anyone else comes across anything that even looks remotely 
interesting would appreciate knowing about it).

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