[104264] in Cypherpunks
attribution for 384 bit BlackNet factoring (Re: ATTN:, sog's keys 4 sale)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Back)
Wed Oct 14 12:49:07 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 17:15:17 +0100
From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: jim@acm.org
CC: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-reply-to: <3624BFD1.7BB0BF77@acm.org> (message from Jim Gillogly on Wed, 14
Oct 1998 08:14:25 -0700)
Reply-To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Jim Gillogly writes:
> Adam Back writes:
> > Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
> > pub 384/5A5AD16B 1994/02/11 *** KEY REVOKED ***
> > BlackNet<nowhere@cyberspace.nil>
> >
> > A revoked key, and a rather small key size, this rings a bell, some of
> > you may recall that some time ago Paul Leyland factored that key.
>
> For the record, that key was factored by a team consisting of Paul Leyland,
> Arjen Lenstra, Alec Muffett, and Jim Gillogly.
Yes sorry about that. The name that I remembered in association with
the attack was Leyland, probably because he posted the announce.
Credit where credit is due.
Adam
