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Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016) by aewens on Sunday June 30, 2019 @12:01PM (#20318877)
Interestingly, the consequence of releasing that algorithm would make having that private key insignificant since most schemas rely on factoring primes to secure the key pair.
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Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016) by rocqua on Sunday June 30, 2019 @06:31PM (#20320991)
HMAC with sha-256 works decently. No need to involve a public key.
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