1994-12-25 - Re: 2048-bit key…I’m leery

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
To: lce@wwa.com (Larry E)
Message Hash: 20d129f2594bc8d682a5b67390209e02dd7e2ce7cea24f3177c911fe545edc18
Message ID: <9412252212.AA06148@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-12-25 22:12:12 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 25 Dec 94 14:12:12 PST

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 94 14:12:12 PST
To: lce@wwa.com (Larry E)
Subject: Re: 2048-bit key...I'm leery
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For the first key you were just plain lucky.  Most likely the first or
second number you tried happened to be a prime, so it found its p and
q fairly easily.  Thats all.

The 10 minutes is much closer to the average expected time..  But the
probability is linear between the two primes you choose, so you happened
to choose _just before_ a prime.  Lucky you!

-derek

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• 1994-12-25 (Sun, 25 Dec 94 13:22:34 PST) - 2048-bit key…I’m leery - lce@wwa.com (Larry E)
  • 1994-12-25 (Sun, 25 Dec 94 13:43:14 PST) - Moving from 1024-bit -> 2048-bit key. - Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
    • 1994-12-25 (Sun, 25 Dec 94 14:12:59 PST) - Re: Moving from 1024-bit -> 2048-bit key. - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
  • 1994-12-25 (Sun, 25 Dec 94 14:12:12 PST) - Re: 2048-bit key…I’m leery - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>