Cryptanalysis of multi-prime RSA with small prime difference

  • Authors:
  • Hatem M. Bahig;Ashraf Bhery;Dieaa I. Nassr

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Division, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt;Computer Science Division, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt;Computer Science Division, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

  • Venue:
  • ICICS'12 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Information and Communications Security
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We show that the attack of de Weger on RSA using continued fractions extends to Multi-Prime RSA. Let (n,e) be a Multi-Prime RSA public-key with private key d, where n=p1p2⋯pr is a product of r distinct balanced (roughly of the same bit size) primes, and p1 p2 pr. We show that if pr−p1=nα, 0 α≤1/r, r≥3 and $2d^2+1