-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Charles Choi (SAR) wrote:
1) Is it possible to base a privacy key ( e.g. PGP ) on a fractal equation, instead of an algorithm based on two primes? This would allow for an eternal level of complexity due to infinite field of depth one can find as one 'zooms in' closer ( correct me because I'm wrong; I'm not a math major, although increasingly I wish I was... ), allowing for near unbreakable privacy of information.
The fact that the private key is based on fractals rather than prime numbers really doesn't make a difference. Fractals are not random, and do in fact, have a pattern. The Mandelbrot Set, for instance, can be expressed in a few bytes of information even though it is infinitely complex. Therefore, the fractal has extremely low entropy making it a bad choice from which to obtain random data. - --Mark =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= markm@voicenet.com | finger -l for PGP key 0xf9b22ba5 http://www.voicenet.com/~markm/ | bd24d08e3cbb53472054fa56002258d5 "The concept of normalcy is just a conspiracy of the majority" -me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMT4ljbZc+sv5siulAQF15gP/St6B3vkSWbyjtEZOhQmChDi2yZsZFgRv sQgpo0+k9Blg085J5FZGrHqKIvOSp2ylU9bjto77tnzaXd5e/d0i23/IS1g8yeR+ OotFKwXa0oFpNEXrVBKAgSJKgpngKaVEjBpkNZYeqOscsccLR09CeUVrfMn/+YjQ 4ywYjaf9Q1k= =DQxa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----