The large number "RSA-129" posed a challenge experts said would take 40 quadrillion years to solve - but took 17. Featuring Ron Rivest, co-inventor of RSA... More links below... Our original RSA video (how it all works): youtu.be/M7kEpw1tn50 More from Ron from this interview (quantum computing): youtu.be/tX7e7CgWrvM More Ron Rivest on Numberphile: bit.ly/RonRivest Ron Rivest's own website: people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/ Public Key Cryptography on our sister channel, Computerphile: youtu.be/GSIDS_lvRv4 RSA-129: 114381625757888867669235779976146612010218296721242362562561842935706935245733897830597123563958705058989075147599290026879543541 Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): bit.ly/MSRINumberphile We are also supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. NUMBERPHILE Website: www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by Brady Haran Patreon: www.patreon.com/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady's latest videos across all channels: www.bradyharanblog.com/ Sign up for (occasional) emails: eepurl.com/YdjL9