Comment I agree with most of that, except.... (Score 1) 83
> ciphers like RSA are, as far as we know,
> computationally intractable because the only known
> attack requires factoring a very large prime
> number.
I believe you meant to say breaking RSA requires factoring a very large *composite* number.
> computationally intractable because the only known
> attack requires factoring a very large prime
> number.
I believe you meant to say breaking RSA requires factoring a very large *composite* number.