I might be able to help you. I was the person who initiated the the DES Challenges, getting RSA Data Security to sponsor them, and working with people in RSA Labs on their design (this was before I switched employers to RSA).
I also wrote one of the search engines. I have a fair bit of data, but some of it is on Zip disks which may or may not still be readable. I also have a lot of info on the background of the challenges. I gave a keynote speech at the 1997 RSA Conference on the subject. Peter Trei Principal Engineer RSA Security [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------- > From: Matt Curtin[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 5:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 1997 RSA DES Challenge > > Hi, > > I'm writing a book about the 1997 DESCHALL project, tentatively > entitled /Brute Force/. I'm using a lot of my own notes and whatnot > from the period to reconstruct the whole story. If anyone else has > anything that would be helpful for putting the story back together, > including the activity in other efforts, political goings-on from the > period, etc., I'd be very grateful to receive them. > > Specifically, I'd like to get ahold of: > o SolNET stats, project milestones > o SGI DES Challenge stats, project milestones > o DES Violation Group stats, project milestones > > I've been recently in touch with Rocke Verser and Justin Dolske and > would also love to hear from other DESCHALL developers. > > /Brute Force/ is intended to be the story of the project, including > basically enough technology for the reader to understand just what we > did and how we did it, without becoming a book on DES key cracking > optimization. The focus in the story, the groups and people involved, > with the political, legal, and Internet computing threads woven > throughout the story. I'm hoping to have it finished in time to be in > stores on the fifth anniversary of our success. > > (Yes, it's been five years!) > > Thanks in advance for any data, pointers, or other help in getting > this story told. > > -- > Matt Curtin, Founder Interhack Corporation http://web.interhack.com/ > My new book, /Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security,/ is now > available. See site for details. research | development | consulting > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
