1996-03-03 - Random keys ?

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From: “A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security” <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <960302193021.20202137@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-03 00:43:38 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 08:43:38 +0800

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From: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 08:43:38 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Random keys ?
Message-ID: <960302193021.20202137@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
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  >	This does not demonstrate that the RSA keys are as well
  >distributed, but it does generate some confidence that the key
  >generation methods of PGP are not very broken.  Testing for RSA
  >generation would be more difficult, since there are some practical
  >difficulties in getting a large sample of RSA private keys.
  
  True but do not need private keys, just public ones (one to one relation),
  should be able to get a large sample (20,000 in one place did I hear ?)
  of those.
  						Warmly,
  							Padgett






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