Paper 2016/551 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2016/551 ↗

Improved Factorization of $N=p^rq^s$

Abstract

Bones et al. showed at Crypto 99 that moduli of the form $N=p^rq$ can be factored in polynomial time when $r \geq \log p$. Their algorithm is based on Coppersmith's technique for finding small roots of polynomial equations. Recently, Coron et al. showed that $N=p^rq^s$ can also be factored in polynomial time, but under the stronger condition $r \geq \log^3 p$. In this paper, we show that $N=p^rq^s$ can actually be factored in polynomial time when $r \geq \log p$, the same condition as for $N=p^rq$.