[geeks] How old am I and where do I come from...

Geek geek at geeksworld.net
Fri Jul 19 02:24:32 CDT 2002


According to my research(admittedly, only Crypto by Steven Levy) Ron
Rivest came up with the RSA algorithm on April 3rd, 1977. Am I wrong?


Dwight Wallbridge,

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> > Dwight Wallbridge. Born Mid April, 1977, days after the RSA
encryption
> > algorithm was discovered.
>
> I think you mean "days after the RSA encryption algorithm was
PUBLISHED".
> It was discovered in either 1970 or 1973, but was classified.



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