Re: 42nd Known Mersenne Prime Found == 2^25,964,951-1 == The number has 7,816,230 digits

From: superuser (superuser_at_domain.com)
Date: 02/28/05


Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:26:51 -0800

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:34:58 +0000 (UTC), daw@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu
(David Wagner) wrote:

>John E. Hadstate wrote:
>>"superuser" <superuser@domain.com> wrote in message:
>>> http://www.mersenne.org/
>>>
>>
>>We were too busy arguing [...] to pay any serious
>>attention to a crypto-related topic.
>
>Does finding another Mersenne prime have any implications for cryptography?
>I can't think of any.

25,964,950-bit RSA?



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