Quote: Originally posted by TheHeadFL
This is why encryption algorithms are so fascinating to me. To go one way, the math is trivial. To go the other way, the math is staggering.
| Yeah... The most popular encryptions, those that involve Public and Private Key encryption (such as RSA), are really based on the algorithm of finding out if a number is prime or not (NP complete problem). Have you read "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown?
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