Re: prime numbers?

From: PCportinc (pcportinc_at_aol.combatSPAM)
Date: 08/09/03 

Date: 09 Aug 2003 14:11:17 GMT

> In fact, from what I know, the largest prime number has less
>than 1,000,000 digits.

ok, but why is that important in cryptography and how are prime numbers used?

so 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 are prime?
except for 2, the rest are odd.