October 24, 2007

THE MATHEMATICS OF RSA ENCRYPTION OVER THE INTERNET

GLENN CAESAR, MATHEMATICS DEPT. SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE

How is private information, such as credit card numbers, safely sent over the Internet? We will look at how RSA encryption uses Fermat's Little Theorem, prime numbers and the Chinese Remainder Theorem to protect such information from hackers.

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