From: Mike Duvos <enoch@zipcon.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 07:28:10 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: DESCHALL Press Release (fwd)
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>         INTERNET-LINKED COMPUTERS CHALLENGE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD

[snip]

> At the time the winning key was reported to RSADSI, the DESCHALL effort
> had searched almost 25% of the total.  At its peak over the recent
> weekend, the DESCHALL effort was testing 7 billion keys per second. 

A quick question.  Was finding the key by searching less than a quarter
of the keyspace just luck?  Or did the DESCHALL folks exclude keyspace
already searched by competing efforts?

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