Here's the announcement. Info is at http://www.rsa.com/des/.
- dan
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>From: k claffy [SMTP:kc@oceana.nlanr.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 6:03 PM
>To: nlanr@nlanr.net
>Subject: 128 bits here we go...
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>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:01:16 -0400
>To: dcsb@ai.mit.edu
>From: Kent Borg <kentborg@borg.org>
>Subject: Deschall Fwd: WE FOUND IT!
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>Reply-To: Kent Borg <kentborg@borg.org>
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>56-bit DES has now been publicly cracked! In a chaotic volunteer effort,
>no less. Cool!
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>- -kb, the Kent who's Macintosh searched quite a few billion keys, but did
>not find it.
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> ** Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:46:19 -0600
> ** From: Rocke Verser <rcv@dopey.verser.frii.com>
> ** To: deschall-announce@gatekeeper.megasoft.com
> ** Subject: WE FOUND IT!
> ** Sender: owner-deschall-announce@gatekeeper.megasoft.com
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> ** "Strong cryptography makes the world a safer place."
> **
> ** That's the message RSA has been waiting for us to decipher.
> ** And we did it!
> **
> ** The correct key (8558891AB0C851B6) was reported to RSA Data Security
> ** shortly before midnight last night (Mountain Time). RSA's automated
> ** server acknowledged our win!
> **
> ** The winning computer is a Pentium 90MHz, operated by iNetZ Corporation
> ** of Salt Lake City, Utah. Their employee, Michael K. Sanders, was the
> ** individual who was running the DESCHALL client.
> **
> ** Congratulations, Michael. And congratulations to all who participated!
> **
> **
> ** Many thanks are due, all around.
> **
> ** Special thanks to Justin Dolske and Matt Curtin, who took enormous
> ** pressure off of me, early in the project; and who have kept the client
> ** archives, mailing lists, and gateways humming right along; and who
> ** diligently responded to *so many* questions on the mailing lists.
> ** Thanks very much!
> **
> ** Special thanks to Darrell Kindred and Andrew Meggs, whose programming
> ** skill in their respective fields (fast bitslice clients and fast
> ** user-friendly Mac PPC clients) is unmatched!
> **
> ** Special thanks to Karl Runge, who has spent many evenings into the wee
> ** hours (is 5 AM wee?) to develop some outstanding stats and to make sure
> ** those stats were posted each morning!
> **
> ** Special thanks to Jeff Simmons, and others, whose names tragically
> ** escape me, who did some early publicity to get the project rolling!
> **
> ** Special thanks to the other developers, Guy Albertelli and Kelly
> ** Campbell. Guy performed a number of "ports", and Kelly produced the
> ** first Mac client.
> **
> ** Thanks to countless others, who devoted not just their CPU cycles, but
> ** their boundless energy as well.
> **
> **
> ** I offer both thanks and consolations to our only public "competitor",
> ** SolNET.
> **
> ** Magnus and Fredrik: As I have said before, SolNET is a class outfit. I
> ** never once heard you disparage your competition. We thank you!
> **
> ** In a sense, the "win" belongs to all of us, who contributed CPU cycles
> ** and clients and ideas and innovations. We searched less than 1/4 of the
> ** keyspace. Worldwide, over half of the keyspace was searched. A
> ** DESCHALL client may have found "the" key, but you deserve credit for
> ** helping to bring the "expected date of completion" significantly ahead.
> **
> ** Your Web site gave us a goal to shoot for. A goal which we never met.
> ** Your clients had many features our users wished for. There is no shame
> ** in not finding the key. But I know the anguish you must feel after
> ** putting your hearts and souls into a project for 3-4 months, and not
> ** being "the" winner.
> **
> ** In my eyes, everyone who participated, whether working for the DESCHALL
> ** team or the SolNET team is a winner!
> **
> **
> ** Last but not least, thanks to my dear wife, Myra, who allowed me to
> ** engage in this project (when I should have been looking for my next
> ** contract programming job); and to her and my children, who tolerated
> ** the disruption to our household routine caused by this project.
> **
> **
> ** - - Rocke Verser, DESCHALL organizer, rcv@dopey.verser.frii.com
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