Word: multidigit
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...triumphant after solving a problem that has been around more than three centuries." Some may not share in the jubilation, especially if they are dependent on a widely used cryptographic system thought to be uncrackable. Known as RSA (the initials of its three inventors), it employs difficult-to-factor multidigit numbers to encode secrets and keep them secure. These include electronic funds transfers and military messages. By factoring the numbers, the codes can be broken. When RSA was first proposed, its inventors suggested using 80-digit numbers on the assumption that they were too big to be factored. Obviously, with...
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