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Re: Signature
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On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Charles Choi (SAR) wrote:
> 1) Is it possible to base a privacy key ( e.g. PGP ) on a fractal
> equation, instead of an algorithm based on two primes?
> This would allow for an eternal level of complexity due
> to infinite field of depth one can find as one 'zooms in'
> closer ( correct me because I'm wrong; I'm not a math major,
> although increasingly I wish I was... ), allowing for near
> unbreakable privacy of information.
The fact that the private key is based on fractals rather than prime numbers
really doesn't make a difference. Fractals are not random, and do in fact,
have a pattern. The Mandelbrot Set, for instance, can be expressed in a
few bytes of information even though it is infinitely complex. Therefore,
the fractal has extremely low entropy making it a bad choice from which to
obtain random data.
- --Mark
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