PGP - /pee-gee-pee/ n. - An application and protocol for secure e-mail and file encryption developed by Phillip R. Zimmerman, originally published as freeware, the source has always been available for public scrutiny. PGP uses a variety of algorathims, such as IDEA, RSA, Diffie-Hellman, CAST, DSA, MD5 and SHA-1 for providing encryption, authentication, message integrity and crypto key management. PGP is based on the "Web of Trust" model and has world-wide deployment.

Check out my progress and stats in the RC5-64 Challenge

Check the stats for GOONS of DefCon RC5 Challenge. (illusion@silcon.com #4 as of 13 Feb, 2000)

CSC HAS ENDED

The CSC Project is over. On 16 January 2000, shortly before 0630 GMT, distributed.net received the winning key (00438EF36FE3FC21 for you tech junkies) from a Sparc in the United States. The secret message was:

CS-Cipher a ete presente en mars 97 a 'Fast Software Encryption' (PARIS). Congratulations to the winner!

The Winner is Paul Ilardi , Grad student University of Rochester. Congratulations to Paul!