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3np
1206 days ago
This reasoning doesn't hold if we're still operating within the base assumptions of RSA (and if we're not, no private key is secure)
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jagged-chisel
1206 days ago
Let’s try it this way: what if two people, unlikely as it may be, generate the same key pair? Two people know the private key, and factoring is still hard.
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hgsgm
1206 days ago
"someone might guess a key by luck" has always been an accepted risk of RSA or any key-based encryption system. It's an "act of God".
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