RSA data-encryption

[Ken Mintz]

> >Is there somebody out there know now something about RSA or where know where
> >I can get the specs.
> 
> Have a look at
>    Rivest, R.L., Shamir, A. and Adleman, L.
>    'A Method of obtaining digital signatures and public key cryptosystems'
>     Communications of the ACM, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 120-126, Feb. 1978

  Another down-to-earth description can be found in "Cryptography and Data
  Security", Dorothy Denning, 1983.  (Sorry, I forgot who the publisher is.)

  I had a similar question a couple weeks ago, and I thought that book 
  provided a very clear explanation of RSA, DES et al.

-- Ken Mintz