one of those little bits of history i guess. so i'm forwarding it in hope that it finds other interested folks. 4 years, thousands of computers, one solution properly applied is worth much more than the exercise itself. Begin forwarded message:
From: Graham Lally <scribe@exmosis.net> Date: Thu Sep 26, 2002 12:42:07 PM US/Eastern To: cypherpunks@lne.com Subject: RC5-64 solved
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Just noticed on /. that distributed.net wound up 4 years of intense CPU cycles, by getting the key to RSA's RC5-64 challenge.
Distributed.net release: http://www.distributed.net/pressroom/news-20020926.html
"On 14-Jul-2002, a relatively characterless PIII-450 in Tokyo returned the winning key to the distributed.net keyservers. The key 0x63DE7DC154F4D03 produces the plaintext output:
~ The unknown message is: some things are better left unread
Unfortunately, due to breakage in scripts (dbaker's fault, naturally) on the keymaster, this successful submission was not automatically detected. It sat undiscovered until 12-Aug-2002. The key was immediately submitted to RSA Labs and was verified as the winning key."
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- -- "I look at your tanks, at the snipers, at the whole army, and feel joy. Because I know that these two rooms, in which we are huddled together, are stronger than all this might." - Tawfiq Tirawi
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