1997-05-15 - Re: Public Key Break Paper

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From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Message Hash: bc434b9afc027cf9149781d39507b0e7fd376db70caaff32593a605f53e288d1
Message ID: <199705151919.MAA06224@netcom23.netcom.com>
Reply To: <199705141841.LAA09403@fat.doobie.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-05-15 19:29:37 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 03:29:37 +0800

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From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 03:29:37 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Public Key Break Paper
In-Reply-To: <199705141841.LAA09403@fat.doobie.com>
Message-ID: <199705151919.MAA06224@netcom23.netcom.com>
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Truthmonger writes:

>   Anything Phill casts aspersions on has to be worth checking out:
>   http://jya.com/snlhit.htm


Just did.  It's crap. 

This alleged algorithm actually got pretty thoroughly trashed in sci.crypt
when it first came to light a few years back. 

It's a lot worse for large moduli than almost anything else out there, and
the author clearly has little understanding of the problem he is
attacking. 

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