I like to know what needs to be encrypted with a key derived from a 13 million digit prime number...
-----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:10 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Now this is a *REALLY* big number. Greg Morphis wrote: > I'm trying to find the importance of knowing a large prime number.. I > mean seriously, who cares? > Especially one that's 13 million digits long.. The only place I can > see it used is on a game show ;) There is definitely the 'it's there' reason of a lot of discovery! But it my understanding that these mind blowing large prime numbers play some role in many computer encryption security methods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
