1998-05-28 - The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd.??
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From: Luis Saiz <LSaiz@atos-ods.com>
To: cypherpunks <cryptography@c2.net>
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From: Luis Saiz <LSaiz@atos-ods.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 01:21:02 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks <cryptography@c2.net>
Subject: The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd.??
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OS/390 Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility Application
Programmer's Guide Version 2 Release 5 Publication No. SC23-3976-02 :
http://ppdbooks.pok.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/bookmgr.cmd/DOCNUM/SC23-3976/CCONTENTS
In several parts of the document it's specified that, as a restriction:
> The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd.
>
It's there any (unknown to me) security reason to be this way, or its
an implementation/standard option??
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- 1998-05-28 (Thu, 28 May 1998 01:21:02 -0700 (PDT)) - The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd.?? - Luis Saiz <LSaiz@atos-ods.com>
- 1998-05-28 (Thu, 28 May 1998 07:41:57 -0700 (PDT)) - Re: The exponent of the RSA public key must be odd.?? - Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
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