From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: GMP sites - Was: RSA Public Key Generations.
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:29:37 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan) writes:

>The principal challenge is in finding the two prime numbers that
>constitute (most of) the private key.  Though there are restrictive
>guidelines for choosing these if you're really concerned about security,
>choosing random primes will work.
>There are plenty of "bignum" packages that will help you do that,
>including the widely available GNU Multiple Precision package
>"gmp".  Look for gmp-1.2.tar.Z at your favorite FTP site.

If you don't have a favorite FTP site and can't get archie to find it
for you, try ones of these that is nearest you (please avoid transoceanic
network links):

aeneas.mit.edu                        pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de               .disk2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
alex.stacken.kth.se                   disk1/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ashley.cs.widener.edu                 pub/src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
cl-next2.cl.msu.edu                   bignum/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk              pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
cnam.cnam.fr                          pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
crl.dec.com                           pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
cs.ubc.ca                             mirror2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
cs.ubc.ca                             pub/archive/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
dsrbg2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de      pub/GNU/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de                pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
f.ms.uky.edu                          pub2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
forwiss.uni-passau.de                 pub/unix/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
freja.diku.dk                         gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ftp.uni-kl.de                         pub1/packages/gnu/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ftp.uni-kl.de                         pub2/packages/gnu/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ftp.uu.net                            packages/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ftp.waseda.ac.jp                      pub/GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
gatekeeper.3com.com                   mirrors/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
gatekeeper.dec.com                    .1/GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
geocub.greco-prog.fr                  pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
gmdzi.gmd.de                          gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
hpb.mcc.ac.uk                         pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
hpcsos.col.hp.com                     mirrors/GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ifi.uio.no                            gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
iraun1.ira.uka.de                     gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
iros1.iro.umontreal.ca                pub/Internet/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp               GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
iskut.ucs.ubc.ca                      pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
isy.liu.se                            src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
jaguar.cs.utah.edu                    gnustuff/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
karazm.math.uh.edu                    pub/Gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
miki.cs.titech.ac.jp                  GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
mizar.docs.uu.se                      pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
nic.funet.fi                          pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
nic.switch.ch                         software/sources/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
nuri.inria.fr                         gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
oskgate0.mei.co.jp                    free/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
pdq.coe.montana.edu                   pub/mirrors/prep-gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
plaza.aarnet.edu.au                   gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
pprg.eece.unm.edu                     pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
psuvax1.cs.psu.edu                    pub/src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
qiclab.scn.rain.com                   pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
rena.dit.co.jp                        pub/GNU/libs/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de informatik.public/GNU/gmp/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de               pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
rzsun2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de      pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
sh.wide.ad.jp                         GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
sics.se                               pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
sifon.cc.mcgill.ca                    pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
slembe.ifi.uio.no                     gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
src.doc.ic.ac.uk                      gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
svin02.info.win.tue.nl                pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at              gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
switek.uni-muenster.de                pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
theta.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp               GNU/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp              GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
ugle.unit.no                          pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu               mirrors/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp                 ftpsync/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca                   pub/crypto/bignum/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca                   pub/crypto/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
walhalla.germany.eu.net               pub/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
walton.maths.tcd.ie                   src/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp                   pub/GNU/prep/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
wuarchive.wustl.edu                   mirrors2/gnu/gmp-1.2.tar.Z
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