Re: RC5 Challenges cancelled by RSA

"William Halverson" <william-21FpmpCxWG/[email protected]> Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:58:03 +0000
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Maybe these projects would benifit from your work?

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Bill


 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: John L. Bass [mailto:jbass-/[email protected]]
 >Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:33 PM
 >To: Hardware-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]
 >Subject: [Hardware] RC5 Challenges cancelled by RSA
 >
 >
 >Sadly RSA cancelled the Secret Key Challenges last week without much warning. It
 >would have been nicer if they would have put an ending date on the challenges sometime
 >in the next year or two ... maybe like Dec 31 2009 to end the decade. I was actually
 >looking forward to a different, but promising FPGA attack on RC5 later this year.
 >
 >Might be worth asking RSA to reconsider the abrupt termination, and ask for a
 >reasonable date a year or two out. The program over the years hasn't cost them
 >much, and created a lot of interest in crypto work as an application area in the
 >universities world wide. Especially in factoring.
 >
 >For those still interested I have been working on cutting octal spartan boards this
 >next week ... with thanks to Bryan for some review help and suggestions. The board
 >now has an 8+1 Hypercube configuration with a separate controller FPGA. Onboard power
 >for about 100W of computation power (about as much as we can cool the Spartan Chips)
 >with a PCI slot fan and heat sinks.
 >
 >The nice part about reconfigurable computing using FPGA's is they are relatively
 >easily retargeted to other projects.
 >
 >Have fun,
 >John
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<html>Maybe these projects would benifit from your work?<BR><BR>http://bo=
inc.berkeley.edu/<BR><BR>Bill<BR><BR><BR> &gt;-----Original Message-----<=
BR> &gt;From: John L. Bass [mailto:jbass-/[email protected]]<BR> &gt;Sent: Wednesda=
y, May 30, 2007 12:33 PM<BR> &gt;To: Hardware-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]<BR> &=
gt;Subject: [Hardware] RC5 Challenges cancelled by RSA<BR> &gt;<BR> &gt;<=
BR> &gt;Sadly RSA cancelled the Secret Key Challenges last week without m=
uch warning. It<BR> &gt;would have been nicer if they would have put an e=
nding date on the challenges sometime<BR> &gt;in the next year or two ...=
 maybe like Dec 31 2009 to end the decade. I was actually<BR> &gt;looking=
 forward to a different, but promising FPGA attack on RC5 later this year=
.<BR> &gt;<BR> &gt;Might be worth asking RSA to reconsider the abrupt ter=
mination, and ask for a<BR> &gt;reasonable date a year or two out. The pr=
ogram over the years hasn't cost them<BR> &gt;much, and created a lot of =
interest in crypto work as an application area in the<BR> &gt;universitie=
s world wide. Especially in factoring.<BR> &gt;<BR> &gt;For those still i=
nterested I have been working on cutting octal spartan boards this<BR> &g=
t;next week ... with thanks to Bryan for some review help and suggestions=
. The board<BR> &gt;now has an 8+1 Hypercube configuration with a separat=
e controller FPGA. Onboard power<BR> &gt;for about 100W of computation po=
wer (about as much as we can cool the Spartan Chips)<BR> &gt;with a PCI s=
lot fan and heat sinks.<BR> &gt;<BR> &gt;The nice part about reconfigurab=
le computing using FPGA's is they are relatively<BR> &gt;easily retargete=
d to other projects.<BR> &gt;<BR> &gt;Have fun,<BR> &gt;John<BR> &gt;____=
___________________________________________<BR> &gt;Hardware mailing list=
<BR> &gt;Hardware-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]<BR> &gt;http://lists.distributed.=
net/mailman/listinfo/hardware<BR> &gt;</html>

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