--On Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:58 PM -0400 George Woltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2) I'll change prime95 to NOT delete the save files when a new prime is found. When a prime is reported, I'll ask for the save file and rerun the last 30 minutes of the test. I think this would have helped in this case. This measure also deters a hacker. It might be easy for a hacker to spoof a prime report - but he'll have difficulty generating a save file that reports the number as prime after the final 30 minutes of LL testing.
That is a collosal understatement. Every modulo operation destroys information, and I'm not sure whether one COULD construct such a file.
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