> From: Nathan Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:45:26 -0700 (PDT), "Pavlos S."
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >It has been a while since RSA labs published new
> >factoring challenges..Does anyone know if there is any
> >project going on at the moment for these challenges?
> >(probably with the help of the Number Field Sieve)
Some of us plan to start RSA-576 later this year.
Bruce Dodson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is the organizer.
> On a related subject, has anyone seen signs of life at the NFSnet
> project in the last year or so? I've emailed the leader about five
> times asking to reserve work, with no response one way or the other.
Many of us share your frustrations.
Some of us are presently trying to finish the Cunningham wanted list,
and have factored half of the 26 composite entries on the May 31, 2001 list.
The NFSNET web page has long shown NFSNET to be 92% done sieving 2,641-,
one of the remaining 13, but we get no response from its leader.
Contact Bruce Dodson (above) if you want to assist on 5,283+.
[BTW, 5^283 is about 70000 times 2^641.]
Peter Montgomery
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