DESCHALL Project

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf distributed computing project
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1997
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label DESCHALL Project
gptkbp:keyFound June 18, 1997
gptkbp:keyValue 0x532B744CC20999
gptkbp:notableAchievement first public distributed computing project to break a modern cryptographic cipher
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Justin_Dolske
gptkb:Matt_Curtin
gptkb:Rocke_Verser
gptkbp:participants thousands
gptkbp:purpose crack RSA Data Security's RC5-56 encryption challenge
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:RSA_Secret_Key_Challenge
gptkb:distributed.net
gptkbp:result successfully cracked RC5-56 key
gptkbp:startDate 1997
gptkbp:technology Internet-connected personal computers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EFF_DES_cracker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7