rzeta0rzeta0@mastodon.world
Oct 20, 2026, 6:47 PMI'm no expert so tell me where I'm wrong:
1. If you have a large range from which to choose a number randomly then 4 is entirely possible.
2. The criterion is a number hard to factor.
Is that right?
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Grant Gouldnonnihil@hachyderm.ioOct 20, 2026, 6:58 PM@rzeta0
I don't think factoring is relevant here -- it's not RSA, it's a different annoying function to invert -- but I do think that ending up with such a distinctive number 4 seems unlikely to have been random.
Oct 20, 2026, 7:12 PM@rzeta0 @mo @cccpresser 2 is only true for RSA keys, this is ECDSA