August 01, 2002
The subversive prime that computes

Somewhat related to the last post on the magical coincidences engineered by Just another perl hackers, if you take the number
4856... Lots of digits removed, see the MORE section for all of them ...9443

you will notice some interesting facts.


  • It is prime

  • In hexadecimal, this is a legal gzip'ed file

  • When gunzipped, the file is the C code of DeCSS the infamous CSS code remover

Coincidence? I think not!

Not satisfied? Don't have a a C-compiler? Then take another prime, say

4931... Even more digits removed, see the MORE section for all of them ...3537

Given the same treatment, this is an actual linux executable, that RUNS DeCSS !!!

The full gzip prime

485650789657397829309841894694286137707442087351357924019652073668698513401047237446968797439926117510973777701027447528049058831384037549709987909653955227011712157025974666993240226834596619606034851742497735846851885567457025712547499964821941846557100841190862597169479707991520048667099759235960613207259737979936188606316914473588300245336972781813914797955513399949394882899846917836100182597890103160196183503434489568705384520853804584241565482488933380474758711283395989685223254460840897111977127694120795862440547161321005006459820176961771809478113622002723448272249323259547234688002927776497906148129840428345720146348968547169082354737835661972186224969431622716663939055430241564732924855248991225739466548627140482117138124388217717602984125524464744505583462814488335631902725319590439283873764073916891257924055015620889787163375999107887084908159097548019285768451988596305323823490558092032999603234471140776019847163531161713078576084862236370283570104961259568184678596533310077017991614674472549272833486916000647585917462781212690073518309241530106302893295665843662000800476778967984382090797619859493646309380586336721469695975027968771205724996666980561453382074120315933770309949152746918356593762102220068126798273445760938020304479122774980917955938387121000588766689258448700470772552497060444652127130404321182610103591186476662963858495087448497373476861420880529443

The full executable prime

49310835970285019002757776723907649572849077721502086320807501840979262788509765886455780201366007328679544734112831735367831201557535981978545054811571939345877330038009932619505876452502382040811018988504261517657994170425088903702911901587003047943282607382146954157033022798755768189560162403006411151690087287983819425827167456477481668434792846458092913153186007001004335318936319343912948604450370991980047709462921558180711169153031876288477878354157593289109329544735088188246549506000501900627470530538116427829426747485349652574536815117065502819055526562213531463104210086628679711444670636692198258615811125155565048134207686732340765505485910826956266693066236799702104812396562518006818323653959348395675357557532461902348106470098775302795618689292538069330520423814996994545694577413833568990600587083218127048611336820265159051663518740290181976939376778529287221095504129257925738186605845015055250274994771883129310457698090915304613359419030258813205932277444385255046677902451869706262778889197958042306575061566983469561779787965920164405193996071698111261519561027628323398257914233217269614437443810564855293488763492103098870287874532331325321226786332837027925099749969488775936915917644588032718384740235933020374888506755706587919461134193230781485443645437511320709860639074641756412163504238800296780855867037038750941076982118376549920520436825585464228850242996332268536912464855000755916640247292407164507253196744999529448434741902107729606820558130923626837987951966199798285525887161096136561780745661592488660889816456854172136292084665627913147846679155096515431011353858620819687583688359557789391454539356819960988085404765907358972898983425047128918416265878968218538087956279039978629449397605467534821256750121517082737107646270712467532102483678159400087505452543537

Posted by Claus at August 01, 2002 12:05 AM
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I said "legal gzip file" That's a typo. It is valid - actually according to teh DMCA, the file - hence the prime - is infact illegal!

Posted by: Dee on August 1, 2002 12:17 PM
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