A so-called trapdoor function typically lies at the heart of modern encryption algorithms. Trapdoor functions are mathematical operations that are easy to perform in the forward direction but much ...

RSA says researchers' results don't indicate a fundamental flaw in the RSA algorithm but more likely a problem with implementing it After having its flagship RSA crypto system called flawed this ...

A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines don't yet exist, that estimate could still fall further ...