Twenty years of attacks on the RSA cryptosystem


Published: Apr 04, 2000 Updated: Apr 04, 2000 Section: Network Security Library :: Cryptography Author: Printable Version Adjust font size: Rating: 3.2/5 - 11 Votes 1 2 3 4 5

Two decades of research led to a number fascinating attacks on RSA. We survey several attacks and classify them into four categories: elementary attacks, attacks on low private exponent, attacks on low public exponent, and attacks on the implementation of RSA. We hope to illustrate some of the pitfalls security engineers should avoid when designing new systems.

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