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Bob and Alice make a poor choice (Posted on 2017-08-11)

Factor the semiprime:

4069102376343910986355021110116130565225765903463275841

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4069102376343910986355021110116130565225765903463275841 = 2017201620152014201320122079^2

Semiprimes for the RSA encryption algorithm should be composed of primes that are several orders of magnitude apart, so a very poor choice indeed.

Posted by Charlie on 2017-08-11 12:33:55

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