> RSA is subject to blinding attacks and several other failure modes if > used without padding. For details on what that means, read the > cyclopedia cryptologia article on RSA. > > http://www.disappearing-inc.com/R/rsa.html
That brings on another amateur question. In that article it says, "If the public exponent is less than a quarter of the modulus, RSA can be insecure." Well, the public exponents I've seen range from 17 to 65537. What gives? Is this just one of the many weaknesses mitigated by proper padding? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]