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What is RSA?

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With conventional encryption systems, such as used by submarines during the last world war, the submarine had to leave base with a codebook, which matched the codebook back at HQ. Moving codebooks around the place is troublesome and potentially open to security risks but for centuries was the method used for secure military diplomatic, inter-bank etc communications.
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In the mid-70's three computer scientists at MIT developed the public key mathematical algorithm which today is the most widely used and has withstood all attacks against it. It is known as the RSA algorithm, named after the three inventors, Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman.
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PGP DH vs. RSA FAQ
RSA was announced in 1978 [RSA78]. The security of the RSA system is based upon the RSA Problem (RSAP). This problem is conjectured (but not proven) to be equivalent to the Integer Factorisation Problem (IFP) [MOV96], [Sti95], [Len96]. RSA is patented in the United states by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S. patent number 4,405,829), though this expires 20 September 2000.
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Who is my RSA Administrator?

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The RSA Administrator for your organization is the person in your organization who is in charge of your ReadySetAuction event site. This may be your auction chairperson or a consultant who is helping your organization with the event.
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Can I join the RSA?

RSA - Frequently Asked Questions
New Zealand and Commonwealth citizens can apply for RSA membership even if they have no direct Service history or family connections to the Services. See Who May Join? for more details.
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How can I get involved with the RSA?

RSA - Frequently Asked Questions
Everyone is welcome to get involved with the RSA by applying for membership of a local RSA, subscribing to RSA Review, making a gift to the RNZRSA, or telling a wartime story to help us create a record for future generations.
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What's with the patent on RSA?

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Older versions of PGP (up to 2.3a) were thought to be violating the patent on the RSA encryption algorithm held by Public Key Partners (PKP), a patent that was only valid in the United States. This was never tested in court, however, and later versions of PGP have been made with various agreements and licenses in force which effectively settle the patent issue. So-called "international" versions and older versions (previous to ViaCrypt PGP 2.
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Are there other efforts to find RSA's Secret DES Key?

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Yes. After some other efforts folded, there are three efforts that are major contenders for finding the key. These are... It's noteworthy that we've got the fastest key search rate by far. Despite the fact that we seem to have fewer clients than another, the ones we have are extremely fast. As a result, we've nearly moved into first place for amount of keyspace searched, and we have been holding on to first place for keyspace search rate for quite some time.
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What is the Rationalist Society of Australia (RSA)?

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The Rationalist Society of Australia is a society of committed rationalists who have joined together to promote rationalism in Australia. The aims of the RSA as stated in the constitution can be seen here.
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Where does the RSA get its money?

Rationalist Society of Australia - FAQs
The RSA gets its money from members’ subscriptions, Australian Rationalist journal subscriptions, donations and legacies. Two important legacies of over $500,000 have enabled the rationalist movement to be financially secure. The finances of the movement are cared for by a group of ‘trustees’ who are the directors of an incorporated non-profit company called the Rationalist Association of Australia, which invests the money and makes grants to the RSA when required.
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Why is the RAA separate from the RSA?

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Historically the rationalist movement has always been small in membership numbers (although not perhaps in talent). This has left it vulnerable to an organised takeover bid by a group or groups hostile to it or its aims.
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What is the relationship between the RAA and the RSA?

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The RSA is seen as the operational arm of the movement, with an executive and committee elected annually by all RSA members, while the RAA keeps the movement’s money secure and supports the RSA in its programs and activities. In practice, there is a substantial overlap of membership between the committee of the RSA and the board of the RAA, and they often hold joint meetings.
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How do I change the project RSA on a proposal?

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Go to Grants>Proposal Express>OSR Approval Form and search for the Proposal. Go to the Project page and modify the RSA field for the correct Project.
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How do I change the project RSA on an award?

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Go to Grants>Awards>Project and search for the Award. Change the Project RSA. To change the RSA on multiple Projects (i.e., a new RSA is handling all the Projects for a recently re-assigned RSA), go to Grants>Awards>Project, pull up all projects assigned to the old RSA by entering the 9-digit RSA Empl ID into the Empl ID field, then scroll through the projects and change the RSA on each of them. Note: See also Updating RSA Assignments Job Aid on the Link website.
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Who can apply for RSA welfare assistance?

RSA - Frequently Asked Questions
All ex-services personnel, spouses and partners of ex-services personnel, dependants of ex-services personnel and widows/ers of ex-services personnel in need are eligible to apply for RSA welfare assistance. See RSA Welfare Services for more information on the type of assistance available and how to apply for help.
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Who may wear the RSA badge?

RSA - Frequently Asked Questions
All financial members of the RSA are entitled to wear the Returned, Service or Associate member badge, which ever is appropriate for their membership category. No one else is entitled to wear these badges.
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Can anyone subscribe to RSA Review?

RSA - Frequently Asked Questions
Everyone with an interest in our military past and present and the RSA today is welcome to subscribe to RSA Review. All financial RSA members are entitled to receive RSA Review as part of their membership package.
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What is RSA Data Security?

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RSA Data Security, Inc., founded by Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman in the early 80's, owns the commercial rights to the public key crypto patents and has built itself into the dominant provider of the underlying software technology which powers the applications mentioned above. RSADSI nearly failed in its early years but became financially viable by 1986 by licensing its software for early network applications. Today it is a robust business.
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Can it be used in other countries besides RSA?

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Yes, it is available in 220v and 110v, and we already have happy customers in America, New Zealand, Australia and Britain.
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How closely connected is the RSA in India to the RSA, John Adam Street?

RSA in India - Frequently Asked Questions
The RSA in India was formed as a volunteer committee which organises lectures and events for local Fellows in line with the RSA's programme of work. So, it is fundamentally linked to the RSA, John Adam Street.
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In respect of RSA, what are strong primes?

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Historically, it was desirable to select strong primes (p & q) for use in the RSA system. These strong primes helped defend against Pollard's p-1 factoring algorithm. More recently however faster factoring algorithms have been discovered that work just as well against strong primes, so there isn't any real advantage to using these strong primes. These "strong" primes may actually be more susceptible to modern attacks. For example the ANSI standard X9.
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Which is stronger, RSA or DH/DSS?

PGP DH vs. RSA FAQ
Both of these algorithms are based on supposedly intractable problems that have been subjected to scrutiny by the world's finest mathematicians and cryptographers. The asymptotics of RSA and DH based systems are similar but in practice RSA keys appear more vulnerable [Sch98f]. Bob Silverman, who is now Senior Research Scientist with RSA Labs, has said [Sil96a]: "I am smug enough to say that NSA can't break RSA or discrete logs.
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WHAT IS THE RSA-CAMBRIDGE C-TEFLA?

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The RSA-Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language is one form of certification of ESL/EFL/ESOL teachers which was developed in England and has spread around the world. The RSA-CTEFLA program, and others like it, offer intensive, short-term instruction in basic methodology for individuals who would like to pursue ESL/EFL/ESOL teaching jobs.
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What is the format of the RSA exam? When is it given?

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How do I include support for RSA and IDEA?

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The official GnuPG distribution does not contain IDEA due to a patent restriction. The patent does not expire before 2007 so don't expect official support before then. However, there is an unofficial module to include it even in earlier versions of GnuPG. It's available from <ftp://ftp.gnupg.dk/pub/contrib-dk/>. Look for: Compilation directives are in the headers of these files. You will then need to add the following line to your ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf or ~/.gnupg/options file:
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What is an RSA SecurID Key and how does it work?

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The RSA SecurID® solution is the world’s leading two-factor user authentication system, relied on by thousands of organizations worldwide to protect valuable network resources. Used in conjunction with RSA® Authentication Manager and RSA® Authentication Agent software, an RSA SecurID Authenticator functions like an ATM card.
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How do I purchase the $5 PGP RSA upgrade?

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For just $5, you may purchase the pgp upgrade to add full RSA compatibility to the PGP OEM version that comes with Eudora. See http://www.pgp.com, click on PGP for Personal Privacy Version 5, then click on the link specified for Eudora users. Updating to Version 5.0 will provide full compatibility with all PGP releases and provide all the benefits of the new DSS/Diffie-Hellman keys. From then on, if you use an RSA key with 5.
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Can I become involved in RSA projects outside India?

RSA in India - Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The RSA is an organisation with uniquely wide interests, which exists to tackle the big problems faced by society as a whole. So, each year, we invite all Fellows across the world to send us ideas for new projects.
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Do experts attempt to crack RSA encryption?

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In what could be called the largest distributed-computing effort ever, tens of thousands of computers linked across the Internet, under the leadership of distributed.net, are trying to decrypt a message encoded with RSA keys. They succeeded in decrypting 56 bit key and 64 bit key. The 128 bit key has not been decrypted yet. The attempts began as od 03 December 2002.
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What happens to my RSA and contributions when I change employers?

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Your RSA remains with you for life and a change of employers does not affect your account. However, you will have to notify a new employer of the PFA that manages your RSA with your details and the PFC account number. The new employer will then remit your contributions to your RSA.
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