boingboing rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpboingboingnet85512053 date supplied distributednet project precursor setihome used volunteer computertime attack giant sophisticated ciphers cracked rc564 used half dozen computers working 14jul2002 relatively characterless piii450 tokyo returned winning key distributednet keyservers key 0x63de7dc154f4d039 produces plaintext output unknown message things better left unread unfortunately due breakage scripts dbakers fault naturally keymaster successful submission automatically detected sat undiscovered 12aug2002 key immediately submitted rsa labs verified winning key link1 discuss2 _thanks dave3_ 1 httpwwwdistributednetpressroomnews20020926html 2 httpwwwquicktopiccomboinghwf6mvudf3xfr 3 httpwwwseizethedavecom wed 02 oct 2002 080120 0000 distributednet cracks rc564 cipher