On 1/19/2012 06:00 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:42:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>> There's no known way to decrypt a mail like that without the single
>> private key needed (this works exactly like https traffic to your
>> bank). I feel very confident saying "no known way"
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:28:04 -0500, Chris Walters wrote:
> >> I feel very confident saying "no known way" as cracking that
> >> puzzle has been the Holy Grail of maths prizes for 40 years and
> >> no-one has announced success. Seeing as mathematicians are a vain
> >> lot, and the one that accompli
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On 1/19/2012 07:27 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:28:04 -0500, Chris Walters wrote:
>> Possible, but not too likely*. RSA keys are based on two very large
>> prime numbers and their composite. The two primes are hundreds of
>> di
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:36:56 -0500, Chris Walters wrote:
> > GCHQ, as mentioned above :)
>
> GCHQ, eh? What does that stand for, or is that a State secret? Like
> the NSA = "No Such Agency"...
Going back to the start of this thread, Wikipedia's back on so you can
look it up :P
It's Governme
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