GMP2 and RSA

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

Cough cough.  After looking at the U.S. version of res-rsa, I have found
some interesting things.

First, it turns out that the default setup of res-rsa uses rsa_util.c which
has no dependencies on GMP at all.  rsa_utilmp.c is the actual file which
uses GMP.  No wonder I never previously encountered problems with the Vanilla
server and GMP 2.0...

Bob has modified the rsa_utilmp.c file as per Kurt's instructions.  I will
test this out in a moment.

But this sort of begs the question: with even 486 computers being more than
sufficiently fast enough for the RSA algorithm, maybe we should just remove
the GMP dependency completely?  Is there a reason to force people to use GMP
if it isn't needed at all?

Lastly, I am only familiar with building RSA-enabled Paradise/TedTurner
clients which use the new-style rsa_black_box* functions built by the
new mkkey program.  This program is not part of the res-rsa package.
What format do the other clients use?  new style mkkey?  old style mkkey?
genkeys?

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