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1994-08-26 - Re: Fast modular exponentiation

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From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
To: karn@qualcomm.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-08-26 07:26:33 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 26 Aug 94 00:26:33 PDT

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From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 94 00:26:33 PDT
To: karn@qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: Fast modular exponentiation
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> An interesting discussion. Thanks.
> 
> How about a basic tutorial on these various modexp algorithms, with
> particular attention to how many of each arithmetic operation

I want to tie this in to that other hot Cypherpunks topic: Pretty Good
Nukes.

Even though the topic is nearly depleted, and the sabots have jammed
the list machine pretty thoroughly, how much faster would a fast
modular exponentiation go if the inner loops were encased in a layer
of deleted unobtainium?


--Klaus! von Future Prime

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