From: Anil Das <see.sig@for.address.real>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 00:55:37 -0800 (PST)
To: Ben Byer <root@bushing.plastic.crosslink.net>
Subject: Re: DES challenge status?
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Ben Byer wrote:
>=20
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>=20
> What exactly is the status of RSA's DES contest?  I understand that at
> least two of the smaller contests have already been cracked, but I
> haven't seen much beyond theoretical discussion on the list on the
> topic of the DES contest.
>=20

=09Two? The only publicized solution so far is the
RC5/32/12/5 solution from Ian Goldberg at Berkeley
(and independently from Germano Caronni at ETH Z=FCrich).

=09Are you saying that you know that the 48 bit RC5
contest is solved already, or are you just counting Ian's
and Germano's solutions separately?

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Anil Das