On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:26:06AM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > Yes, I spent the weekend working on a new class - > freenet.support.Factorize, and using it I have added a new FCP > command. The syntax is this: > > Client -> Node: > > PrivateKey=<privkey> > > Node -> Client: > > PublicKey=<pubkey> > > In general, it will require 20 times the total age of the universe to > complete (assuming that you have a parallel computer with the same > number of processors as atoms in the universe).
Wow, thats terrible. Given that you sent the private key to the node, I
suspect there is a far more efficient algorithm than the one you're
suggesting.
Scott
P.S. YOU CAN EASILY DERIVE THE PUBLIC KEY FROM THE PRIVATE ONE,
NOT VICE VERSA. :)
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