Problem 44956. Determine RSA keys (public and private) given two prime number character strings (p and q)

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Given two prime number character strings (p and q), generate the RSA public and private keys (n and d) with e = 65537. The more difficult part is doing this without the use of symbolic numbers. Example: p = '3355335697481001330501721', q = '5955344080483688912855719' n='19982178584029090861856118769095354822153154192399' d='3270348772331599380262578849367006078599068947553'

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Tim on 28 Aug 2019

I get different results for d in test cases 2, 3, and 4 (in particular, d=929660805638728623653 for test case 2).

David Hill on 28 Aug 2019

This was my first Cody problem and I had a mistake in the assert within the test cases. I fixed the problem. Previously the assert was looking for [n,d] combined into a single character array. I have tested the test cases and they are correct. You should use the Euclidean algorithm.

Tim on 28 Aug 2019

If I understand correctly, we should have mod(d*e,phi)=1, where phi=(p-1)*(q-1). My answers seem to satisfy that condition, but test cases 2, 3, and 4 do not.

David Hill on 28 Aug 2019

Tim, you are absolutely correct. Thanks for the comment. I fixed the test cases.

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Tim on 29 Aug 2019

Googling can supplant programming sometimes.

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