The security of the RSA system with the prime pairs of some special form is investigated. A new special-purpose algorithm for factoring RSA numbers is proposed. The basic idea of the method is to factor RSA numbers by...The security of the RSA system with the prime pairs of some special form is investigated. A new special-purpose algorithm for factoring RSA numbers is proposed. The basic idea of the method is to factor RSA numbers by factoring a well-chosen quadratic polynomial with integral coefficients. When viewed as a general-purpose algorithm, the new algorithm has a high computational complexity. It is shown thai the RSA number n = pq can be easily factored if p and q have the special form of p = as＋b, q=cs＋d, where a, b, c, d are relatively small numbers. Such prime pairs （p, q） are the weak keys of RSA, so when we generate RSA modulus, we should avoid using such prime pairs （p, q）.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (60473029)
文摘The security of the RSA system with the prime pairs of some special form is investigated. A new special-purpose algorithm for factoring RSA numbers is proposed. The basic idea of the method is to factor RSA numbers by factoring a well-chosen quadratic polynomial with integral coefficients. When viewed as a general-purpose algorithm, the new algorithm has a high computational complexity. It is shown thai the RSA number n = pq can be easily factored if p and q have the special form of p = as＋b, q=cs＋d, where a, b, c, d are relatively small numbers. Such prime pairs （p, q） are the weak keys of RSA, so when we generate RSA modulus, we should avoid using such prime pairs （p, q）.
