distributed cryptographic attack demo
hi, i'm trying to do a demo of a distributed object technology and it seems to me that many cryptographic attacks would be facilitated by our approach. do you have any ideas for what a neat distributed effort might be? the ones i've thought of just don't seem too exciting: * GNFS of RSA modulus * attacking SSL * brute-force RC5 attack i'm looking for something that would be a sort of viscerally engaging attack, something that will make people who aren't necessarily number theorists or cryptographers take note. any input would be helpful! *jon PS - note that I'm not on cypherpunks so a direct reply would be most highly appreciated.
At 01:28 PM 2/2/98 -0800, Jon Cooper wrote:
hi,
i'm trying to do a demo of a distributed object technology and it seems to me that many cryptographic attacks would be facilitated by our approach.
Oh, you mean like Counterpane's screen saver or the various international key cracking escapades. Well, duh. Want to impress the masses? Order "The joy of sex" using Clinton's mastercard and forward complete documentation to the Wash Post. David Honig honig@alum.mit.edu --------------------------------------------------- If we can prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. -TJ
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