Re: World's Toughest Code Cracked

[Clem Colman <clem () COLMANCOMM COM>]

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> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39417,00.html
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> Reuters
> 10:05 a.m. Oct. 12, 2000 PDT
>
> LONDON -- A team of Swedish computer buffs have fought off thousands
> of rivals from around the world to crack what was billed as the
> toughest code challenge ever set.

For those interested in more details the team that cracked the code has
published the following paper(s):

http://codebook.org/codebook_solution.html
http://codebook.org/codebook_solution.pdf
http://codebook.org/codebook_solution.ps
http://codebook.org/codebook_solution.dvi

One of the really interesting developments was that the Swedish team where
able to use  a dual processor Alpha DS20 with 4GB main memory for the number
field sieve, a task which was previously thought to require a supercomputer.

Clem.

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