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Aug 4, 2024 at 15:57 comment added muru Yes, I know. I'm just saying that this tool is impractical for any numbers of real interest. The invocation I mentioned earlier is still running, 27 hours later. Testing the primarily of, say, p from an 4096-bit RSA key would probably require creating a new universe.
Aug 3, 2024 at 18:36 comment added Isidro Arias That is true @muru . I think the reason is that openssl uses a specialized algorithm for that task called Miller–Rabin primality test
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Aug 3, 2024 at 13:08 comment added muru This seems to be a terrible option for testing if something is a prime. openssl prime 18446744073709551557 returned pretty much immediately on a Raspberry Pi 4B, but prinesieve --dist 1 18446744073709551557 has been running for over an hour on the same system (64 minutes now and counting).
Aug 3, 2024 at 11:51 comment added G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' The OP wants to test a number (e.g., 43) to see whether it is prime.  How can they do that with this tool?  … … … … … … … … … … …  Please do not respond in comments; edit your answer to make it clearer and more complete.
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S Aug 3, 2024 at 11:02 history answered Isidro Arias CC BY-SA 4.0