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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