Re: JSH: So what do we do now?
- From: Randy Poe <poespam-trap@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:54:05 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 17, 8:14 pm, JSH <jst...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The alternative is a very public demonstration, like factoring RSA
public keys in posts on this newsgroup, but I project that afterwards
stock markets around the world would crumble, and what's happening now
with them would look like the good 'ol days.
A convincing and perfectly safe demonstration would be
to factor RSA challenge numbers that have already been
factored, such as RSA-140.
Go for it.
Another convincing demonstration would be to factor
some small primes, say of 4, 5, ..., 9 digits, and give
us run times for your algorithm to show us how it scales.
Then we could project that up to hundreds of digits.
The advantage of using 9 and fewer digits is that you
don't need to use an arbitrary-precision library, you
can use your built-in integer types.
Hint: If you find that your factoring of an RSA key is
projected to take 100 orders of magnitude more than
the age of the universe, then world civilization won't
end. We already know it's possible in principle to factor
these keys. Their safety lies in the fact that it takes
more time than anybody has to do so.
- Randy
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