Trailfire: Adding Math to List of Security Threats

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/technology/17code.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

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"A subtle math error would make it possible for an attacker to break the protection afforded to some electronic messages by a popular technique known as public key cryptography."
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Adding Math to List of Security Threats - New York Times