Talk:RSA algorithm
- The math parts have been taken from the regular English version of Wikipedia. Thephotoman (talk) 18:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- The title here is a simpler version of the En title "RSA (cryptosystem)", and there is no need in standard English to bracket between adjective and noun, or within a noun phrase. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:53, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Too technical
Some of it is too technical, but don't remove the algorithm. It is a simplified algorithm from the very heavy formal math proof seen on the main wikipedia article.
Instead of removing it, I suggest replacing some of the math formulas to only be in terms of simple operations such as multiplying and prime numbers (which is something almost everyone can do)
The formula on this simple wikipedia article is actually implementable and used by most Computer Science students (I used it myself 3 years ago). Meanwhile, a majority of students wouldn't even be able to read the real/main wikipedia page.
As per the front page rules of Wikipedia Simple:
- Use Basic English words and shorter sentences. This allows people to understand complex terms or phrases. - Simple does not mean short. Writing in Simple English means that simple words are used. It does not mean readers want basic information. Articles do not have to be short to be simple; expand articles, add details, but use basic vocabulary.
Specifically the part that says "It does not mean readers want basic information." And "Use Basic English words and shorter sentences. This allows people to understand complex terms or phrases."
If you remove the actual equation of RSA, literally what defines RSA, then you might as well just delete whole RSA page itself...
Future editors -- Please just remove the very technical terms like "Calculate the totient: " etc etc. But replace it directly with a description of what the Totient is, and how to calculate this by hand. Do not remove the underlying step-by-step formula.