Derek Atkins wrote:
We are happy to announce that
RSA-129 = 1143816257578888676692357799761466120102182967212423625625618429\ 35706935245733897830597123563958705058989075147599290026879543541 = 3490529510847650949147849619903898133417764638493387843990820577 * 32769132993266709549961988190834461413177642967992942539798288533
To find the factorization of RSA-129, we used the double large prime variation of the multiple polynomial quadratic sieve factoring method. The sieving step took approximately 5000 mips years, and was carried out in 8 months by about 600 volunteers from more than 20 countries, on all continents except Antarctica. Combining the partial relations
Now let's see, where's my slide rule, let's see 5,000 mips years at $30,000 /mips = damn, where is that calculator. :-)
We would like to thank everyone who contributed their time and effort to this project. Without your help this would not have been possible.
Derek Atkins
Nahh, couldn't be,
Michael Graff Arjen Lenstra Paul Leyland