Prime number 65537 as private exponent

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Old 03-16-2008, 05:52 AM
Default Prime number 65537 as private exponent

Found in gnu-crypto-2.1.0 list of several prime numbers. Prime number
has no factors in common with (p-1)*(q-1). If 65537 is the prime
number then RSA test
d=((p-1)*(q-1),e)
give known value of d.
How to use RSA patent?
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Old 03-16-2008, 06:11 PM
Default Re: Prime number 65537 as private exponent

On 3/16/2008 1:52 AM, vik@chelnydom.ru wrote:
> Found in gnu-crypto-2.1.0 list of several prime numbers. Prime number
> has no factors in common with (p-1)*(q-1). If 65537 is the prime
> number then RSA test
> d=((p-1)*(q-1),e)
> give known value of d.
> How to use RSA patent?


I don't quite understand your question. However, the RSA company waived
its rights and declared its RSA encryption algorithm to be in the public
domain less than a year before the patent expired. As far as I know,
the company then made no effort to extend or renew the patent.

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