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RSA-640 Factored

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bigger-better-deal dept.

gslin writes to tell us MathWorld News is reporting that RSA-640 has been factored. F. Bahr, M. Boehm, J. Franke, and T. Kleinjung, memebers of the German Federal Agency for Information Technology Security (BSI) announced they had cracked the 193-digit number last Friday using the General Number Field Sieve. The team purportedly used 80 opteron CPUs and 5 months to achieve victory.

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  1. K. by krazykit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good for them.

  2. celeron's by rufuseddy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blah, if they would of used 80 celeron's they would have cracked it twice as fast.......

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  3. Yes, but can 80 opterons over 5 months be used... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    to get first post?

    I think not!

  4. One of Bill Gates' dreams... by jkrise · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was to factor Large Primes... another was to use less than 640k!

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  5. Re:Hmmm. by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could Germany's government cash shortage have anything to do with the population decrease crisis. People just aren't having enough kids down there.

  6. Re:Time to turn off the Internet... by TheGSRGuy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Go for it:

    www.turnofftheinternet.com