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about RSA public exponent

843810Jun 21 2004 — edited Jun 22 2004
Hello, everyone,
In RSA algorithm, the public exponent is always 3 or 65537, does anyone know why? And if possible, can someone point some material to me which can give a detail explanation on choosing e to be 3 or 65537 instead of any other number?
This is maybe not a java question. I post here just in case anyone have any information about it.
Thank you very much.
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