2 questions: Prime Numbers and DES

Harvey Rook (Exchange) hrook at exchange.microsoft.com
Sun Oct 18 19:52:54 PDT 1998





> From: steve.benjamin at juno.com [mailto:steve.benjamin at juno.com]
> 
> 1.  How can I generate 2 large prime numbers?  I doubt I 
> could create 2,
> 100-digit prime numbers in my head :-)
> 
For cryptographic purposes, you'll want to use a probabilistic test. Try reading through these links...


http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/proving.html and...
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/pubs/fip186.htm 







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