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Re: (fwd) DES challenge organisation
by Thomas S. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi! (wow, what a distribution. I should mention that des-challenge is down this weekend, so the response may not be as expected.) >>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy C May <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: Timothy> At 11:02 PM +0000 2/15/97, Adam Back wrote: >> Thomas S <ths(a)fh28.fa.umist.ac.uk> writes: >>> [...] >>> >>> 5. The prize money will be split equally between Gutenberg and >>> EFF. There is a possibility of using part of it for stickers >>> or something similar, but don't count on it. >> Not a good idea. >> >> How can this be enforced? The RSADSI DES challenge is open to >> all comers, and how do you prove that someone who finds the key >> found it through this group effort? The client reports the key to the server, not to the user (very simple, and very simple ways to get around of course). In a nutshell: we can't enforce it, at least I can't see a way to do so. We certainly can't keep people from doing their own "treasure hunt". ... Timothy> A 2-4x factor is significant, and may warrant a Timothy> coordinated search. However, the various problems Timothy> implicit in coordinated searches are factors, too. Timothy> Also, an uncoordinated search solves the "prize" problem, Timothy> as whomever finds the key makes the contact with RSADSI. Indeed--that's what we try to avoid. Our project is not a race for money, it is a demonstration with a political impact. The main point in favour of a coordinated search is the availability of progress reports. Nobody can argue that the key was found by chance--as there is exact data about performance and the expected maximum duration for the search. Timothy> One of the problems with a coordinated search, if the Timothy> remaining keyspace to be doled out is publically Timothy> announced, is that as the keyspace is searched and a key Timothy> _not_ found, the remaining keyspace is increasingly more Timothy> tempting for "independent searchers" to search. Sort of Timothy> the way the odds on some lotteries actually become Timothy> "acceptable" as the lottery pot grows. The organizer of Timothy> the coordinated search must then, I surmise, keep the Timothy> assignments secret and dole out keyspace securely. This is a technical problem which is discussed at the moment. The keyspace will not be publically announced (and it wasn't during the last project). Thomas -- OOOO, OOOOOOOO, |, ths(a)rz.tu-ilmenau.de OO, OO, O, O, |, http://www.rz.tu-ilmenau.de/~ths/ O, O, O, |, ______ __ ___ O, O--O, O, O, |, | (_ |-|-` O, O, O, |, |homas __)te| |en OO, OO, O, O, |, OOOO, OOOOOOOO, |, not to be forwarded without permission

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alt.cypherpunks.* groups make primenet.com
by Carol Anne Cypherpunk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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MagicMoney
by hjk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I finally got a copy of MagicMoney (from ftp://utopia.hacktic.nl). It is just the code (compiling without error), but there is no README or documentation at all.Can someone give me a hint,what to do with this package? Is there a documentation somesite? BTW utopia is the site,you can get all the export restricted stuff outside the US. Heinz-Juergen Keller email: hjk(a)ddorf.rhein-ruhr.de

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Dale: What a laff!
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 18:42:11 -0800 From: Dale Thorn <dthorn(a)gte.net> Dale sagely wrote: :Wine and cheese are the key. You hit that one on the head. I tried :those Mensa parties in Beverly Hills a few times. Oh what a kidder this Dale is. At Mensa party no less!! Whatta farce! Still love you fella.

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Re: DES and RSA crypto hardware from the free world
by bs-org＠c2.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 21:32 1997-02-15 -0200, John Ioannidis wrote: Sorry to correct you, but uti-maco is an old german company ... >I believe uti-Maco (a belgian company) has been using the Pijnenburg chips >for their boards. However, last I checked with them (about half a year ago) >the price of the boards was pretty steep -- of the order of $1K. > >Anyway, if the boards Peter is referring to are ready in the next couple >of months, I volunteer to write drivers for Linux and *BSD*. > >/ji >

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DFA
by pjb＠23kgroup.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

does anyone know what has happened to DFA, and the people who just a few months ago were publishing such encouraging results? have they gone underground, or perhaps been put underground, in a rather permanent way? isn't it strange how quite it has been on this subject? cheers, -paul

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Re: Proposed info file
by ISP_Ratings 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Igor Chudov @ home wrote: > > Hi, > > The text below is what I wrote for cypherpunks(a)algebra.com to be > sent to new subscribers. Feel free to criticize. > > - Igor. > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > About cypherpunks mailing lists > ------------------------------- It all sounds very interesting especially given what's been going on. About how many posts a day can a subscriber reasonbly expect in their mailbox if one were to subscribe? Steve

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Re: DES and RSA crypto hardware from the free world
by bs-org＠c2.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 21:32 1997-02-15 -0200, John Ioannidis wrote: Sorry to correct you, but uti-maco is an old german company ... >I believe uti-Maco (a belgian company) has been using the Pijnenburg chips >for their boards. However, last I checked with them (about half a year ago) >the price of the boards was pretty steep -- of the order of $1K. > >Anyway, if the boards Peter is referring to are ready in the next couple >of months, I volunteer to write drivers for Linux and *BSD*. > >/ji >

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Re: Proposed info file
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

ISP_Ratings wrote: > Igor Chudov @ home wrote: > > About cypherpunks mailing lists > > ------------------------------- > > > It all sounds very interesting especially given what's been going > on. About how many posts a day can a subscriber reasonbly expect > in their mailbox if one were to subscribe? > About a hundred, maybe. It is QUITE A LOT. If you are not interested in applications of cryptography, the list may not be as interesting. All the bickering that you heard is mostly rotating around crypto use. - Igor.

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Dale: What a laff!
by Huge Cajones Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 18:42:11 -0800 From: Dale Thorn <dthorn(a)gte.net> Dale sagely wrote: :Wine and cheese are the key. You hit that one on the head. I tried :those Mensa parties in Beverly Hills a few times. Oh what a kidder this Dale is. At Mensa party no less!! Whatta farce! Still love you fella.

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