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1995-11-07 - Re: Photuris Primality verification needed

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: “William Allen Simpson” <bsimpson@morningstar.com>
Message Hash: 48baa03294aec215f8773abdd557d951e3dc89869d49d263cbc881aafd21b09a
Message ID: <199511071803.NAA00410@jekyll.piermont.com>
Reply To: <1999.bsimpson@morningstar.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-11-07 18:32:33 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 02:32:33 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 02:32:33 +0800
To: "William Allen Simpson" <bsimpson@morningstar.com>
Subject: Re: Photuris Primality verification needed
In-Reply-To: <1999.bsimpson@morningstar.com>
Message-ID: <199511071803.NAA00410@jekyll.piermont.com>
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"William Allen Simpson" writes:
> As most of us agree that 56-bits is not enough (DES), the 512-bit prime
> seems a waste of time and a tempting target.  I'd like to drop it, but
> Phil is inclined to keep it with a disclaimer.

I agree with your approach, Bill -- it seems worth dropping. Something
this dangerous isn't worth leaving around for people to accidently
use.

Perry

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