Subject: missing primes

From: Ingo Luetkebohle <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:29:43 +0200

Hello,

what are the primes in an OpenPGP RSA secret key packet used for?
AFAICT, they are not needed for encryption and/or signing.

Related to that: What will happen if they are omitted, e.g. because an
underlying library can only supply exponent and modulus?

Regards

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