Firstly i'd like to thank you for your help.
I was always considering that e should be selected at random,
so i'm really surprised at the answer.
I'm eager to know why 65537 is selected as the e, and are there
any fact proofing it is better than other primes seleted out
randomly?
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From: "Joseph Ashwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: What does the "e-value" do?
> First a bit of background. RSA is this:
> p,q primes
> N=pq
> e=prime that is not a factor of p-1 or q-1 and not equal to p or q
> d = e^-1 mod (p-1)(q-1)
> public key = {e,N}
> private key = {d, N}
> Encryption = X = M^e mod N
> Decryption = M = X^d mod N
>
> The e-value you see in the call is the value e above. The recommendation
of
> using 3 or 65537 is a speed decision, and I would definitely recommend
65537
> over 3 for security reasons.
> Joe
>
>
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