Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul From: paul@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.crypt Subject: Re: factors of seventy-one ones - (nf) Message-ID: <6300@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 03:30:51 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.6300 Posted: Wed Mar 21 03:30:51 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 07:06:24 EST Lines: 14 #R:lanl-a:-311700:uiucuxc:27700001:000:463 uiucuxc!paul Mar 20 17:16:00 1984 A hardware implementation of the Quadratic Sieve, tuning the algorithm, and/or moving it to a faster machine could eventually factor the keys used in the RSA public key crypto-system. I believe the number factored has been on a "most-wanted" list for several years. Paul Pomes uucp: {decvax,ihnp4,pur-ee,ucbvax}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul US Mail: Paul Pomes, University of Illinois 1304 W Springfield, Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 217-333-6262