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Haven't seen too much discussion of this and how it would affect crypto in general. Would the FDIV problem cause any problems when looking at large prime numbers? Actually, let me rephrase that, would it affect determining if a large number is prime? Floating point errors can be so much fun.
I don't know how you missed it; it was certainly here. Let me summarize: - crypto typically uses integers - RSA crypto uses large integers - the Pentium FDIV bug only affects floats - -Paul - -- Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG | Good software engineering doesn't reduce the perobich@ingr.com | amount of work you put into a product; it just Not speaking for Intergraph. | redistributes it differently. ### http://www.intergraph.com ### -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBLwLtj6fb4pLe9tolAQGNXAQAy61AjCjq10ZnsmozlpzanYLqtOib1Hfw hW1M6uh6sYe7fAqhgILJ0OSKuOkCtXoHHX/rMBchrYdPr/LCUSZHoXQHvxQJpYWb B+jBegxBO+vKa/yOV/JgzVSsg2jCraxnextAXSXuniZU149+MWhp0wQ1Pmh19BqD 2J7wRHVehMs= =kebO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----