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RSA Security announces new Factoring Challenges
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trei, Peter)
Wed May 23 11:08:49 2001
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From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
To: "'cryptography@wasabisystems.com'" <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:25:16 -0400
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My employer, RSA Security, has revamped its Factoring Challenges.
Prizes now start at US$10,000 (factorization of a 576 bit modulus) to
US$200,000 (factorization of a 2048 modulus).
These are much higher prizes than were previously offered, and it is
hoped that their offer will spur new research.
For details, including the challenge numbers, see:
http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/challenges/factoring/index.html
Peter Trei
Cryptoengineer
RSA Security Inc.
ptrei@rsasecurity.com
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