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In an RSA system the public key of a given user is e = 31, n = 3599. Whatis the private key of this user?(a) 3031(b) 2412(c) 2432(d) 1023This question was posed to me in a national level competition.Question is from Knapsack/ Merkle topic in section Public Key Cryptography and RSA of Cryptograph & Network Security

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Correct option is (a) 3031

To explain: By trail and error, we DETERMINE that p = 59 and Q = 61. HENCE f(n) = 58 x 60 = 3480.

Then, using the extended Euclidean algorithm, we find that the multiplicative

inverse of 31 modulo f(n) is 3031.



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