# ISO/IEC 18032:2005 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/IEC 18032:2005, item title is Information technology — Security techniques — Prime number generation; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/IEC NP 18032 | ISO/IEC 18032:2020; withdrawn / published date is 2005-02-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/IEC 18032:2005 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Information technology — Security techniques — Prime number generation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/IEC NP 18032 | ISO/IEC 18032:2020 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2005-02-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 30817,IS,,ISO/IEC 18032:2005,Information technology — Security techniques — Prime number generation,Technologies de l'information — Techniques de sécurité — Génération de nombres premiers,2005-02-02,1,['35.030'],ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27,9599,,"[64576,72009]",['en'],18,"
ISO/IEC 18032:2005 specifies methods for generating and testing prime numbers. Prime numbers are used in various cryptographic algorithms, mainly in asymmetric encryption algorithms and digital signature algorithms.
Firstly, ISO/IEC 18032:2005 specifies methods for testing whether a given number is prime. The testing methods included in ISO/IEC 18032:2005 can be divided into two groups: