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Xref: sserve sci.math:47663 alt.security:10072 alt.security.pgp:1431 sci.crypt:16778 comp.os.linux.misc:1812 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1077 comp.unix.misc:9156 comp.unix.wizards:30858 Newsgroups: sci.math,alt.security,alt.security.pgp,sci.crypt,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.wizards,isu.cc.general,isu.cc.vincent Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!bert From: bert@netcom.com (Roberto Sierra) Subject: Re: RSA129 factoring attack -- participants needed Message-ID: <bertCDqzBF.EvL@netcom.com> Followup-To: sci.math,alt.security,alt.security.pgp,sci.crypt,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.wizards,isu.cc.general,isu.cc.vincent Organization: Tempered MicroDesigns X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <FAHN.93Sep21154626@chirality.rsa.com> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 08:52:27 GMT Lines: 36 : In article <explorer.748591928@tbird.cc.iastate.edu> explorer@iastate.edu (Michael Graff) writes: : > In 1977, a 129-digit integer appeared in the pages of Scientific American. : > This number, the RSA challenge modulus or RSA-129, has not yet been : > successfully factored. Factoring it, a 425-bit number, would be a major : > milestone in cryptography, as it would show that current technology is able to : > break commonly-used RSA-cryptosystem keys within a reasonable time. FYI -- I set this up to run on the Sun system here and caught a little typo in the makefile (the current version on the FTP server has been fixed, so I'm told). If you have a Sun4 running SunOS and have the older code and not the fixed version, change the section of the Makefile that reads # Sun-4 with assembler speed-up S4a_mpqs: sparc-sunos.s mpqs.c lip.c $(MAKE) all CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O -DCONTRIBUTION_8" ASMFLAGS="-P -DFPU"\ OBJS="mpqs.o lip.o sparc-sunos.o" FILE=made_S4a_mpqs to # Sun-4 with assembler speed-up S4a_mpqs: sparc-sunos.s mpqs.c lip.c $(MAKE) all CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O -DCONTRIBUTION_8" ASMFLAGS="-P -DFPU" \ OBJS="mpqs.o lip.o sparc-sunos.o" FILE=made_S4a_mpqs [the only difference is the insertion of a space before the \ character] Otherwise gcc will fail to link the code properly. -- \\|// - - "Information gladly given, but safety requires o o avoiding unnecessary conversation." -- MUNI J roberto sierra O tempered microdesigns NOTICE: \_/ san francisco, calif. None of the ideas expressed herein bert@netcom.com have anything to do with reality.