key length/size RSA discussion/recommendations in the wiki

[Peter Lebbing]

On 2014-10-29 22:30, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Technically, brute force is testing every *possible* value... not 
> values
> that you know aren't going to work.  Why test those?

Well, why not restrict ourselves to primes whose product equal the 
modulus? I could solve any key in constant time that way. The 
distinction obviously(?) is in the cost of computing what makes a 
"possible". But that's the thing about brute force that I thought was 
not included: using computation to speed up your process, and using 
insight into the mathematical properties of an algorithm.

But you are obviously more in touch with the material than me. If you 
refer to just testing primes as brute force, I don't think it should be 
so easily dismissed as I initially did.

Peter.

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