Abstract
We introduce Twin RSA, pairs of RSA moduli (n,n+2), and formulate several questions related to it. Our main questions are: is Twin RSA secure, and what is it good for?
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- recreational cryptography
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Lenstra, A.K., de Weger, B.M.M. (2005). Twin RSA. In: Dawson, E., Vaudenay, S. (eds) Progress in Cryptology – Mycrypt 2005. Mycrypt 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3715. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11554868_16
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