Hey, please ascribe criticism where it's due. The article was written by a ZDNet journalist, as clearly stated on the MSN page. ZDNet is a subsidiary of CNET Networks, which is based in San Francisco. Same country, same coast, a lot further south.
The comment by a computer scientist part way down the article is also pretty funny. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Halliday, Ian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 17 August 2002 08:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mersenne: Crypto scientists crack prime problem, not > Redmond journalists > > > In http://msn.com.com/2100-1104-949170.html?type=pt we read > > Crypto scientists crack prime problem > > To create encryption keys, RSA uses two huge prime numbers and > multiplies them together to produce an even bigger prime. > > Regards, > > Ian > -- > Ian W Halliday, BA Hons, AAIBF Snr, ATMS, CL > +64 27 245 6089 (GMT+12) > http://baptism.co.nz ; http://ringbark.livejournal.com > Focus On Success > -- > Word documents not accepted -- see http://baptism.co.nz/word.html > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
