Re: Factoring problem solution

From: Paul Leyland (paul_at_leyland.vispa.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: 11 Feb 2005 08:36:45 +0000

"Larry Hammick" <larryhammick@OMIT-MEtelus.net> writes:

> True, because you are just guessing at what quadratics to
> use and, if they don't work, guessing again. Real sieves use
> large tables of polynomials. RSA-576 was factored with
> the aid of over half a million quadratic polynomials.

Eh?

RSA-576 was factored by GNFS using a single quintic and a single
linear polynomial.

Paul 

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