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Re: IPG - newest release of the ABC Encryption Algorithms (fwd)



John Pettitt wrote:
> /* the arrays b,c are filled in from tables of smallish primes supplied
> by IPG using 'random' numbers supplied by IPG to select the primes (and the
> order of same).  since all the values are > 8 bits I've assumed a,b,c = int.
> a[] is filled with 13568 + an 8 bit 'random' number.  (13568 = 0x3500 which
> gets ANDed with the seed value)
> */

One tangerine-flavord Starburst to the first cypherpunk who can give
a rough estimate for the results of the sub-expression:

	(random() & 0xff) & 0x3500


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