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- From: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)
- Subject: Re: RSA cracked? I don't think so..., HUGE primes?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.201049.12955@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:10:49 GMT
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- gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
- : In article <1993Jan21.070521.9787@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
- : :I'll be corrected if not :-) The probibalistic test can be iterated
- : :for an arbitrarilarily high theoretical probability that one is prime.
- : :Well, I know that one is prime, you understand what I mean. :-)
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- : "Oh no it isn't!" :-)
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- Really? Why not? The only thing that divides it is itself. Oh, all
- other numbers are divisable by it so it must be discarded right?
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- Bob
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