Researchers find weakness in RSA authentication - common digital security system
The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered. Source: University of Michigan - Discipline: Computer Science
"The RSA algorithm gives security under the assumption that as long as the private key is private, you can't break in unless you guess it. We've shown that that's not true," said Valeria Bertacco, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
"RSA authentication is so popular because it was thought to be so secure," said Todd Austin, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
"We've demonstrated that a fault-based attack on the RSA algorithm is possible," Austin said.
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