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Subject:    RE: The unknown message is...
From:       "Thomas Trotter (RhoTech)" <a-thomat () MICROSOFT ! com>
Date:       1997-10-22 19:49:31
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Well, where are the clients for the next one?  I'm game..

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David McNett [SMTP:nugget@slacker.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 22, 1997 2:18 PM
> To:	im-discussion@cs.wisc.edu
> Subject:	The unknown message is...
> 
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> It is a great privilege and we are excited to announce that at 13:25 
> GMT on 19-Oct-1997, we found the correct solution for RSA Labs' RC5-
> 32/12/7 56-bit secret-key challenge.  Confirmed by RSA Labs, the key 
> 0x532B744CC20999 presented us with the plaintext message for which we 
> have been searching these past 250 days.
> 
> The unknown message is: It's time to move to a longer key length
> 
> In undeniably the largest distributed-computing effort ever, the 
> Bovine RC5 Cooperative (http://www.distributed.net/), under the 
> leadership of distributed.net, managed to evaluate 47% of the 
> keyspace, or 34 quadrillion keys, before finding the winning key.  At 
> the close of this contest our 4000 active teams were processing over 
> 7 billion keys each second at an aggregate computing power equivalent 
> to more than 26 thousand Pentium 200's or over 11 thousand PowerPC 
> 604e/200's.  Over the course of the project, we received block 
> submissions from over 500 thousand unique IP addresses.
> 
> The winning key was found by Peter Stuer <peter@dinf.vub.ac.be> with 
> an Intel Pentium Pro 200 running Windows NT Workstation, working for 
> the STARLab Bovine Team coordinated by Jo Hermans 
> <Jo.Hermans@vub.ac.be> and centered in the Computer Science 
> Department (DINF) of the Vrije Universiteit (VUB) in Brussels, 
> Belgium.  (http://dinf.vub.ac.be/bovine.html/).  Jo's only comments 
> were that "$1000 will buy a lot of beer" and that he wished that the 
> solution had been found by a Macintosh, the platform that represented 
> the largest portion of his team's cracking power.  Congratulations 
> Peter and Jo!
> 
> Of the US$10000 prize from RSA Labs, they will receive US$1000 and 
> plan to host an unforgettable party in celebration of our collective 
> victory.  If you're anywhere near Brussels, you might want to find 
> out when the party will be held.  US$8000, of course, is being 
> donated to Project Gutenberg (http://www.promo.net/pg/) to assist 
> them in their continuing efforts in converting literature into 
> electronic format for the public use.  The remaining US$1000 is being 
> retained by distributed.net to assist in funding future projects.
> 
> Equally important are the thanks, accolades, and congratulations due 
> to all who participated and contributed to the Bovine RC5-56 Effort!  
> The thousands of teams and tens of thousands of individuals who have 
> diligently tested key after key are the reason we are so successful.
> 
> The thrill of finding the key more than compensates for the sleep, 
> food, and free time that we've sacrificed!
> 
> Special thanks go to all the coders and developers, especially Tim 
> Charron, who has graciously given his time and expertise since the 
> earliest days of the Bovine effort.  Thanks to all the coordinators 
> and keyserver operators: Chris Chiapusio, Paul Chvostek, Peter 
> Denitto, Peter Doubt, Mishari Muqbil,  Steve Sether, and Chris 
> Yarnell.  Thanks to Andrew Meggs, Roderick Mann, and Kevyn Shortell 
> for showing us the true power of the Macintosh and the strength of 
> its users.  We'd also like to thank Dave Avery for attempting to 
> bridge the gap between Bovine and the other RC5 efforts.
> 
> Once again, a heartfelt clap on the back goes out to all of us who 
> have run the client.  Celebrations are in order.  I'd like to invite 
> any and all to join us on the EFNet IRC network channel #rc5 for 
> celebrations as we regroup and set our sights on the next task.  Now 
> that we've proven the limitations of a 56-bit key length, let's go 
> one further and demonstrate the power of distributed computing!  We 
> are, all of us, the future of computing.  Join the excitement as the 
> world is forced to take notice of the power we've harnessed.
> 
> Moo and a good hearty laugh.
> 
> Adam L. Beberg - Client design and overall visionary
> Jeff Lawson - keymaster/server network design and morale booster
> David McNett - stats development and general busybody
> 
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