RSA-130 Falls to NFS - Lenstra Posting to sci.crypt.research

[E. ALLEN SMITH]

From: Bruce Marshall <brucem at wichita.fn.net>

>    However, I do feel that you may have a valid point when switching 
>"hackers" to "opponents of the research."  Anyone with an interest in 
>preventing or slowing down the progress in such a project would be more 
>dangerous in my mind than your average hacker.  

>    Preventing that from happening would be necessary if it is decided 
>that such a threat truly exists. 

	Actually, people would also have a motivation to turn in false results
if they were being paid (perhaps in ecash) for their computer time. If they
could take less time and turn in a supposedly correct job, they would be
able to be paid the same amount for less work. Fortunately, it does appear
possible to filter out bad ones. In creating such a paid system, keeping this
possibility in mind would be needed.
	-Allen