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Factoring a 2048 bit key

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Fri Nov 21 17:00:22 1997

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 15:01:50 -0600
From: Robert Hettinga <eff@dev.null>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <eff@dev.null>

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> I factored a 2048 bit key and all I got was
> Jerry Springers' "Too Hot for Television"
> videocassette and this bumber sticker,
> "I Brake For Illegal Immigrants"

I factored it and got:
> "I want to kill judges."
>
> - Tim May

Go figure...


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