Re: Algorithm to generate prime number from fix SERIAL

From: Bob Silverman (pubkeybreaker_at_aol.comstuff)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: 30 Apr 2004 01:45:41 GMT

>
>If your serial numbers are sufficiently small, they could
>be mapped to consecutive prime numbers (above a certain
>base, if desired) in a range that is also not big.

This scheme is not very secure. Nor is any
other scheme which lacks entropy for the
"serial" numbers.

"You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think."

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