17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
INTERNET-LINKED COMPUTERS CHALLENGE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD
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At the time the winning key was reported to RSADSI, the DESCHALL effort had searched almost 25% of the total. At its peak over the recent weekend, the DESCHALL effort was testing 7 billion keys per second.
A quick question. Was finding the key by searching less than a quarter of the keyspace just luck? Or did the DESCHALL folks exclude keyspace already searched by competing efforts? -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch@zipcon.com $ via Finger $