The recent difficulties with RSASecret Blogging Seminar Representation theory, geometry and whatever else we decide is worth writing about today. A team of six computer scientists (Lenstra, Hughes, Augier, Bos, Kleinjung and Wachter) are reporting a flaw in the way that certain SSL certificate issuers are generating RSA keys. This is getting significant online coverage at websites like NYTimes, Slashdot and BoingBoing, so I thou
