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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!pdh
  2. From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
  3. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
  4. Subject: GMP sites - Was: RSA Public Key Generations.
  5. Message-ID: <25pmgt#.pdh@netcom.com>
  6. Date: 30 Jul 92 20:29:37 GMT
  7. References: <avalon.712399566@coombs> <1992Jul29.214014.4507@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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  11. mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan) writes:
  12.  
  13. >The principal challenge is in finding the two prime numbers that
  14. >constitute (most of) the private key.  Though there are restrictive
  15. >guidelines for choosing these if you're really concerned about security,
  16. >choosing random primes will work.
  17. >There are plenty of "bignum" packages that will help you do that,
  18. >including the widely available GNU Multiple Precision package
  19. >"gmp".  Look for gmp-1.2.tar.Z at your favorite FTP site.
  20.  
  21. If you don't have a favorite FTP site and can't get archie to find it
  22. for you, try ones of these that is nearest you (please avoid transoceanic
  23. network links):
  24.  
  25. aeneas.mit.edu                        pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  26. aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de               .disk2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  27. alex.stacken.kth.se                   disk1/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  28. ashley.cs.widener.edu                 pub/src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  29. cl-next2.cl.msu.edu                   bignum/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  30. clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk              pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  31. cnam.cnam.fr                          pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  32. crl.dec.com                           pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  33. cs.ubc.ca                             mirror2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  34. cs.ubc.ca                             pub/archive/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  35. dsrbg2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de      pub/GNU/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  36. du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de                pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  37. f.ms.uky.edu                          pub2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  38. forwiss.uni-passau.de                 pub/unix/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  39. freja.diku.dk                         gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  40. ftp.uni-kl.de                         pub1/packages/gnu/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  41. ftp.uni-kl.de                         pub2/packages/gnu/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  42. ftp.uu.net                            packages/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  43. ftp.waseda.ac.jp                      pub/GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  44. gatekeeper.3com.com                   mirrors/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  45. gatekeeper.dec.com                    .1/GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  46. geocub.greco-prog.fr                  pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  47. gmdzi.gmd.de                          gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  48. hpb.mcc.ac.uk                         pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  49. hpcsos.col.hp.com                     mirrors/GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  50. ifi.uio.no                            gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  51. iraun1.ira.uka.de                     gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  52. iros1.iro.umontreal.ca                pub/Internet/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  53. isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp               GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  54. iskut.ucs.ubc.ca                      pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  55. isy.liu.se                            src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  56. jaguar.cs.utah.edu                    gnustuff/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  57. karazm.math.uh.edu                    pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  58. miki.cs.titech.ac.jp                  GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  59. mizar.docs.uu.se                      pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  60. nic.funet.fi                          pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  61. nic.switch.ch                         software/sources/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  62. nuri.inria.fr                         gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  63. oskgate0.mei.co.jp                    free/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  64. pdq.coe.montana.edu                   pub/mirrors/prep-gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  65. plaza.aarnet.edu.au                   gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  66. pprg.eece.unm.edu                     pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  67. psuvax1.cs.psu.edu                    pub/src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  68. qiclab.scn.rain.com                   pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  69. rena.dit.co.jp                        pub/GNU/libs/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  70. reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de informatik.public/GNU/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  71. rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de               pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  72. rzsun2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de      pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  73. sh.wide.ad.jp                         GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  74. sics.se                               pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  75. sifon.cc.mcgill.ca                    pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  76. slembe.ifi.uio.no                     gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  77. src.doc.ic.ac.uk                      gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  78. svin02.info.win.tue.nl                pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  79. swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at              gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  80. switek.uni-muenster.de                pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  81. theta.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp               GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  82. toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp              GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  83. tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  84. ugle.unit.no                          pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  85. uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu               mirrors/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  86. utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp                 ftpsync/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  87. van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca                   pub/crypto/bignum/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  88. van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca                   pub/crypto/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  89. walhalla.germany.eu.net               pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  90. walton.maths.tcd.ie                   src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  91. wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp                   pub/GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  92. wuarchive.wustl.edu                   mirrors2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
  93. -- 
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