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RE: 1997 RSA DES Challenge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trei, Peter)
Thu Mar 7 20:55:38 2002
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From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com,
"'Matt Curtin'" <cmcurtin@interhack.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:04:34 -0500
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I might be able to help you. I was the person who
initiated the the DES Challenges, getting RSA
Data Security to sponsor them, and working
with people in RSA Labs on their design (this
was before I switched employers to RSA).
I also wrote one of the search engines.
I have a fair bit of data, but some of it is
on Zip disks which may or may not still
be readable. I also have a lot of info
on the background of the challenges.
I gave a keynote speech at the 1997 RSA
Conference on the subject.
Peter Trei
Principal Engineer
RSA Security
ptrei@rsasecurity.com
> ----------
> From: Matt Curtin[SMTP:cmcurtin@interhack.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 5:10 PM
> To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
> Subject: 1997 RSA DES Challenge
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a book about the 1997 DESCHALL project, tentatively
> entitled /Brute Force/. I'm using a lot of my own notes and whatnot
> from the period to reconstruct the whole story. If anyone else has
> anything that would be helpful for putting the story back together,
> including the activity in other efforts, political goings-on from the
> period, etc., I'd be very grateful to receive them.
>
> Specifically, I'd like to get ahold of:
> o SolNET stats, project milestones
> o SGI DES Challenge stats, project milestones
> o DES Violation Group stats, project milestones
>
> I've been recently in touch with Rocke Verser and Justin Dolske and
> would also love to hear from other DESCHALL developers.
>
> /Brute Force/ is intended to be the story of the project, including
> basically enough technology for the reader to understand just what we
> did and how we did it, without becoming a book on DES key cracking
> optimization. The focus in the story, the groups and people involved,
> with the political, legal, and Internet computing threads woven
> throughout the story. I'm hoping to have it finished in time to be in
> stores on the fifth anniversary of our success.
>
> (Yes, it's been five years!)
>
> Thanks in advance for any data, pointers, or other help in getting
> this story told.
>
> --
> Matt Curtin, Founder Interhack Corporation http://web.interhack.com/
> My new book, /Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security,/ is now
> available. See site for details. research | development | consulting
>
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