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[FWD] [rc5-announce] The unknown message is...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Bischoff)
Thu Oct 23 13:48:23 1997
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 17:50:28 -0400
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Alex Bischoff <abischof@vt.edu>
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>It is a great privilege and we are excited to announce that at 13:25
>GMT on 19-Oct-1997, we found the correct solution for RSA Labs’ RC5-
>32/12/7 56-bit secret-key challenge. Confirmed by RSA Labs, the key
>0x532B744CC20999 presented us with the plaintext message for which we
>have been searching these past 250 days.
>
>The unknown message is: It’s time to move to a longer key length
>
>In undeniably the largest distributed-computing effort ever, the
>Bovine RC5 Cooperative (http://www.distributed.net/), under the
>leadership of distributed.net, managed to evaluate 47% of the
>keyspace, or 34 quadrillion keys, before finding the winning key. At
>the close of this contest our 4000 active teams were processing over
>7 billion keys each second at an aggregate computing power equivalent
>to more than 26 thousand Pentium 200’s or over 11 thousand PowerPC
>604e/200’s. Over the course of the project, we received block
>submissions from over 500 thousand unique IP addresses.
>
>The winning key was found by Peter Stuer <peter@dinf.vub.ac.be> with
>an Intel Pentium Pro 200 running Windows NT Workstation, working for
>the STARLab Bovine Team coordinated by Jo Hermans
><Jo.Hermans@vub.ac.be> and centered in the Computer Science
>Department (DINF) of the Vrije Universiteit (VUB) in Brussels,
>Belgium. (http://dinf.vub.ac.be/bovine.html/). Jo’s only comments
>were that "$1000 will buy a lot of beer" and that he wished that the
>solution had been found by a Macintosh, the platform that represented
>the largest portion of his team’s cracking power. Congratulations
>Peter and Jo!
>
>Of the US$10000 prize from RSA Labs, they will receive US$1000 and
>plan to host an unforgettable party in celebration of our collective
>victory. If you’re anywhere near Brussels, you might want to find
>out when the party will be held. US$8000, of course, is being
>donated to Project Gutenberg (http://www.promo.net/pg/) to assist
>them in their continuing efforts in converting literature into
>electronic format for the public use. The remaining US$1000 is being
>retained by distributed.net to assist in funding future projects.
>
>Equally important are the thanks, accolades, and congratulations due
>to all who participated and contributed to the Bovine RC5-56 Effort!
>The thousands of teams and tens of thousands of individuals who have
>diligently tested key after key are the reason we are so successful.
>
>The thrill of finding the key more than compensates for the sleep,
>food, and free time that we’ve sacrificed!
>
>Special thanks go to all the coders and developers, especially Tim
>Charron, who has graciously given his time and expertise since the
>earliest days of the Bovine effort. Thanks to all the coordinators
>and keyserver operators: Chris Chiapusio, Paul Chvostek, Peter
>Denitto, Peter Doubt, Mishari Muqbil, Steve Sether, and Chris
>Yarnell. Thanks to Andrew Meggs, Roderick Mann, and Kevyn Shortell
>for showing us the true power of the Macintosh and the strength of
>its users. We’d also like to thank Dave Avery for attempting to
>bridge the gap between Bovine and the other RC5 efforts.
>
>Once again, a heartfelt clap on the back goes out to all of us who
>have run the client. Celebrations are in order. I’d like to invite
>any and all to join us on the EFNet IRC network channel #rc5 for
>celebrations as we regroup and set our sights on the next task. Now
>that we’ve proven the limitations of a 56-bit key length, let’s go
>one further and demonstrate the power of distributed computing! We
>are, all of us, the future of computing. Join the excitement as the
>world is forced to take notice of the power we’ve harnessed.
>
>Moo and a good hearty laugh.
>
>Adam L. Beberg - Client design and overall visionary
>Jeff Lawson - keymaster/server network design and morale booster
>David McNett - stats development and general busybody
>
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