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Re: Pinoy math enthusiast finds fast way to decode RSA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Sat Feb 3 15:27:37 2001
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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 12:07:58 -0800
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From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
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At 05:27 PM 2/2/01 -0800, Marc Branchaud wrote:
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>Anyone know if there's any truth to this?
I don't know anything about it beyond the (minimal) information
in the article, but remember that "decode" could either
refer to cracking, which would be a highly surprising discovery,
or to faster decryption by someone who has the key.
The latter's more likely, and would be interesting.
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>MANILA BULLETIN: http://www.mb.com.ph/INFO/2001-02/IT020201.asp
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>Pinoy math enthusiast finds fast way to decode RSA encryption
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>By EDU H. LOPEZ
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>A Filipino mathematics enthusiast has developed a new method of decoding RSA
>(RivestShamir-Adleman) encryption using three simple formulas.
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>Leo de Velez has discovered these three formulas are simple forward equations
>that allow fast decoding of RSA encryption.
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Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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