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Timeline for Generation of strong primes

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S Mar 9, 2018 at 9:33 history bounty ended Maarten Bodewes
S Mar 9, 2018 at 9:33 history notice removed Maarten Bodewes
Mar 6, 2018 at 4:16 comment added user94293 You may look at "Fast generation of prime numbers on portable devices: An update" (CHES 2006), doi.org/10.1007/11894063_13, for efficient algorithms.
Mar 5, 2018 at 18:19 answer added fgrieu timeline score: 5
Mar 5, 2018 at 1:29 history tweeted twitter.com/StackCrypto/status/970471287926743042
Mar 4, 2018 at 23:23 answer added Squeamish Ossifrage timeline score: 5
S Mar 4, 2018 at 22:56 history bounty started Maarten Bodewes
S Mar 4, 2018 at 22:56 history notice added Maarten Bodewes Draw attention
Mar 4, 2018 at 22:55 history edited Maarten Bodewes CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 30, 2014 at 21:02 comment added fgrieu FIPS 186-4, appendix B.3 contains one of several possible definitions of strong prime, and methods to generate these.
Nov 30, 2014 at 11:58 comment added ddddavidee This does not answer your questions but you might find it quite interesting. crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/15744/… I had the same question some time ago and find out, thanks to the answer, that is not necessary to use strong primes for large RSA keys.
Nov 30, 2014 at 7:24 history asked Boaz Shahar CC BY-SA 3.0