Bob Silverman, who works downstairs from me, recently posted the following to sci.crypt. Peter Trei -------------------------------------- From: Bob Silverman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Shamir's Announcement Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 17:42:18 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 26 Message-ID: <7gnbhp$jnc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.167.112.129 I promised a description. See: http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/html/twinkle_qa.html and http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/html/twinkle.html Shamir's announcement is for a fast piece of sieving hardware. He gives a rough spec for a photo-electric sieving device which will sieve 100 to 1000 times faster than a typical PC. Such devices are NOT new. D.H. Lehmer built a mechanical-optical sieve in the 1930's. Shamir's device still requires some sophisticated optical/electrical engineering to make it a reality. But it does look feasible. -- Bob Silverman "You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think" -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
