In what way are prime numbers useful in cyber security?
There are an infinite number of primes.
All numbers are factorable by primes.
He who knows the current largest prime has a number space that no one else knows.
He who has a number space unknown to others is secure; all others are insecure.
All unknown prime numbers are unpredictable and must be found by brute force computing.
Finding the next largest prime number is a function of computing speed and search algorithm.
This thread is about a statistical search algorithm that can boost chances of a ‘hit’.