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Volume 155, Number 23 (June 5, 1999)

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Factoring with a TWINKLE

A proposed optoelectronic device promises to speed up factoring, potentially threatening the security of certain uses of an encryption system widely employed on the Internet.

References:

Shamir, A. Preprint. Factoring large numbers with the TWINKLE device. Available at http://jya.com/twinkle.htm.

Further Readings:

Peterson, I. 1999. Cracking a prime cryptosystem. Science News 155(Feb. 6):95.

Sources:

Bruce Schneier
Counterpane Systems
101 E. Minnehaha Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Web site: http://www.counterpane.com/

Adi Shamir
Department of Applied Mathematics
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100
Israel

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 23, June 5, 1999, p. 363. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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