[Cryptography] Standard exponents in RSA

[Ralph Holz]

Hi,

the two most common exponents that one finds in X.509 RSA certs are
65537 and 17 -- in my data, they account for near 100%. Have these been
chosen as the result of some standardisation and was there some
cryptographic reasoning behind it, or is it simply that any exponent
will do? Any performance issues?

Ralph

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