From: Michael Handler <grendel@netaxs.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 16:48:08 PST
To: aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk
Subject: Re: request for factorising code
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On Mon, 16 Jan 1995 aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk wrote:

> I have code to generate the RSA key pairs and modulus, what I am
> looking for is code to factorise a number using one of the better
> algorithms (quadratic sieve, etc.).

	It's been established that the encryption in Netscape is 40 bit 
RC4, not 40 bit RSA, but if anyone's still looking for the quadratic 
sieve code, look on Derek Atkins' ftp site toxicwaste.mit.edu. Arjen 
Lenstra may have made the large number field sieve (LNFS) code available 
somewhere, but I'm not sure.

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Michael Handler                                         <grendel@netaxs.com>
Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics                   Philadelphia, PA
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