Mersenne: Re: Re: Purpose...

1999-10-02 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 04:15:27PM -0600, Aaron Blosser wrote: >with Mersenne primes being one of the number multiplied, you only need try >38 (not 37...doh!) numbers to try and factor with in order to find the pair. Yeah, but what if you use some more times than others? Numbers can be _combined_

Mersenne: Re: Re: Purpose...

1999-10-02 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 04:15:27PM -0600, Aaron Blosser wrote: >Hmm...no kidding. Now, correct me if I'm wrong (I probably am) but aren't >those types of encryption schemes based on multiplying large primes together >to generate the "key", and the fact that it would take a VERY long time to >fact