From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 95 15:24:38 PDT
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: RSA-129 vs. RC4 (was Re: RC4 crack)
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On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Not quite.  The UIDs that were given out for RSA-129 had nothing to do
> with the search space.  The reason is that RSA-129 did not search for
> the prime factors; it searched for quadratic residue relations.
> Moreover, ANY relations within the space is a valid datapoint.  As a
> result, the UIDs ojnly told the factoring clients where to start
> looking for relations.

Thanks, I stand corrected.  As I said, I really don't understand at a 
basic level how it works.  These factoring projects are, to me, an 
interesting sociological experiment.  Of course, to do this correctly, 
you need software that is easy to use. :-)

So, the ability to run a program in such a fashion that as much is 
automated as possible is a "Good Thing{tm}".


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