| This short presentation has some notes on factoring on the Web prepared by Jim Cowie from material from Lenstra and Leyland |
| Also a summary of key features of Fafner as a World Wide Computing System |
| Go to http://http.npac.syr.edu/factoring.html for a full description and pointers to other collaboraters and further instructions on how to get your software and get started on breaking the Bank of England |
| We describe why RSA security status is equivalent to factoring large numbers into two large primes |
| A very handwavy description is given of the strategy to find factors with the GNFS -- Generalized Number Field Sieve and its predecessors |