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. Also, does anyone have the "test" that was floating around the net and in various newspapers a few weeks to see if your machine has the FDIV problem. I lost the little "post-it note" I had it written on. Since then, I haven't been able to reproduce it. (Either the bug went away, or I entered the wrong numbers. **GRIN**) --Brad
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