How-to: crack 1024 bit RSA encryption by clusterf*ck

Posted by on March 9, 2010 · 3 Comments 

Granted, it’s a how-to on a theoretical level, but still. The RSA algorithm is used for for public-key cryptography and was publicly described in 1978 by messieurs Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman (in case you read this before you’ve had your first cup of coffee of the day – the initials of their surnames spell RSA. You’re welcome). It was released to the public domain on the 6th of September, 2000. The abstract of the patent explains that what... Read More

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