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Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016) by rocqua on Sunday June 30, 2019 @06:12PM (#20320890)
In that case, there is no immediate threat when publishing. Unless you area afraid someone else can improve on the constant factor, this won't break crypto.
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Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016) by jasonhansel on Sunday June 30, 2019 @07:35PM (#20321286)
> there is no immediate threat when publishing.

Unless someone else comes up with the same algorithm, and does lower the constant factor.

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Re:Factoring may be easier than we think (2016) by Ar-Curunir on Sunday June 30, 2019 @06:37PM (#20321014)
Cryptography research moves very fast =)
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