On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote:
> - Select an interval near the desired size
[ 2^1023 + 1^1022 + 1 , 2^1024 - 1 ]
> - Sieve out composites divisible by small primes
> - Select two probable primes such that (p - q) is reasonably large
> (2^100 or so) to defeat the differ
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:27 PM, redpath wrote:
>> When using this command
>>
>> openssl genrsa -out test.pem 2048
>>
>> an RSA pair is created. Its not so much I want to know how a pair is
>> randomly selected
>> but how secure is that random selection.
> It depends. In theory, the way entropy
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Salz, Rich wrote:
> Until someone breaks the website, spoofs it, buys out the owner, etc.
>
> Q2.4: Are the numbers available in a secure fashion?
>
> Yes, since April 2007 you can access the server via https://www.random.org/
>
> I should probably note that while
Until someone breaks the website, spoofs it, buys out the owner, etc.
Q2.4: Are the numbers available in a secure fashion?
Yes, since April 2007 you can access the server via https://www.random.org/
I should probably note that while fetching the numbers via secure HTTP would
protect them from b
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:27 PM, redpath wrote:
> When using this command
>
> openssl genrsa -out test.pem 2048
>
> an RSA pair is created. Its not so much I want to know how a pair is
> randomly selected
> but how secure is that random selection.
It depends. In theory, the way entropy is gathere
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM, redpath wrote:
> When using this command
>
> openssl genrsa -out test.pem 2048
>
> an RSA pair is created. Its not so much I want to know how a pair is
> randomly selected
> but how secure is that random selection. Random number generators are a
> series
> and thi
On 11 Dec 2012, at 3:27 PM, redpath wrote:
> an RSA pair is created. Its not so much I want to know how a pair is randomly
> selected but how secure is that random selection. Random number generators
> are a series and this selection could be followed for brute force deciphering.
I think the r
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