I'd like to encourage Math-Funsters to postpone discussing on the list the algorithms omitted from this paper for a month, till March 15. The authors were not able to notify all the keyholders ahead of publication, so there is the potential for some nasty surprises. This request is not meant to inhibit off-list discussion; and you are welcome to let me know if you notice the cats have escaped confinement into some public place. Obviously it also doesn't apply to the algorithms disclosed in the paper. Rich -----Original Message----- From: math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Warren Smith Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:45 PM To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] [math-fun] We don't need no stinking factorizer to break RSA... duh!!!!!!!!! front page of NY Times just featured this paper http://eprint.iacr.org/2012/064.pdf which is hilarious! Just when you thought you'd seen the ultimate in human stupidity... _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun