Shamir factoring machine uninteresting?

[(Mr) Lyn R. Kennedy]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 07:29:08PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> I find it odd that there has been so little comment on TWIRL. One
> would think that the crushing of 512 bit RSA keys and a strong
> demonstration of the weakness of 1024 bit RSA keys would have provoked
> some comment on the list.
> 
> Any comments on why no one commented?

It's easier to consider it unimportant than calculate how important it
might be. My questions here trying to understand how significant some
other weaknesses might be make me think most readers are afraid to admit
they don't understand some things.

Is this a mathematician vs engineer problem? (I'm neither, I'm an inventor).



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