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Tell me how finding prime numbers benefits anyone. I dare ya.
Heck, other mathematicians can help explain.
Heck, other mathematicians can help explain.
I know!
Its prime numbers that protect the internet from hackers. Finding prime numbers ensures that computer software companies can stay ahead of the hackers. (To put it simply)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA
Its prime numbers that protect the internet from hackers. Finding prime numbers ensures that computer software companies can stay ahead of the hackers. (To put it simply)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA
Sorry, I'm going to be sticking with Folding@Home.
IglooDude said:
Probably a better choice, the software giants have the money to look for prims themselves. This is just cheaper.
pboily
fingerlickinmathematickin
true, although I hear that really sensitive information is probably not encoded/decrypted via RSA anymore.Truronian said:
We use VPN and have a random(ish) number FOB for security. Bell swears it's sufficient.
pboily said:
There is an alternate encryption method involving elliptical curves. RSA is a bit dodgy, in that it would be completely comprimised if the Reimann hypothesis was proven, IIRC.
AL_DA_GREAT
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I know they have a lot of money but it is hard to make a super computer to find prime numbers.Truronian said:
Anyone daring to switch away from folding@home for this, I urge you to read this post first. You life may hang on your decision.
mdwh said:
I read all tis in a book (Music of the Primes) a while ago, so I may be misremembering.
From the wiki article:
p and q are sensitive since they are the factors of n, and allow computation of d given e.
I assume this means that knowledge of the prime could allow you to discover either p or q from n, and thus discover the private key. This would also explain how the Reimann hypothesis is dangerous, as it would probably lead to a method factorising large numbers into their prime factors.
EDIT: Ignore that, your right mdwh, I was confusing ALA's site with a different one.
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I know the equation for prime numbers.
Tenochtitlan said:
Oh yeah? What is it then...
Heretic_Cata
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That reminds me ... i have to know how to split any number in a produse of prime numbers for my algebra exam.Tenochtitlan said:
pboily
fingerlickinmathematickin
Adding two prime numbers together, and then adding one, can sometimes work!
Erik Mesoy
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You mean adding three prime numbers together?El_Machinae said:
It can work, as can adding two primes together and not adding 1, or possibly subtracting 1.
Adding two prime numbers will always give you an even number ... so it's never a prime number.
El_Machinae said:
2+3=5
mdwh:
I was getting it confused with this site:
http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2093
Finding the primes in this case is vital, and there are a few @home programs that try and factorise these numbers.
eg:
Factorising this number into its two prime fcators would net you $200,000:
25195908475657893494027183240048398571429282126204032027777137836043662020707595556264018525880784406918290641249515082189298559149176184502808489120072844992687392807287776735971418347270261896375014971824691165077613379859095700097330459748808428401797429100642458691817195118746121515172654632282216869987549182422433637259085141865462043576798423387184774447920739934236584823824281198163815010674810451660377306056201619676256133844143603833904414952634432190114657544454178424020924616515723350778707749817125772467962926386356373289912154831438167899885040445364023527381951378636564391212010397122822120720357
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