Elusive Thoughts

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to emphasize in the importance of cryptography, focus in RSA asymmetric cryptographic algorithm and explain: What is cryptography Why cryptography is important History of Cryptography Mathematical RSA operations How to perform an RSA brute-force What is Cryptography Cryptography (or cryptology; from Greek κρυπτός, kryptos, "hidden, secret"; and γράφω, gráphō, "I write", or -λογία, -logia, respectively) is the practice and study of hiding information. Modern cryptography intersects the disciplines of mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Applications of cryptography include ATM cards, computer passwords, and electronic commerce. [2] Until recently cryptography referred mostly to encryption, which is the process of converting ordinary information (plaintext) into unintelligible gibberish (i.e. cipher-text). [4]  Decryption is the reverse, in other words, moving from...