Crack the code - Win the Car
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The prize is a Ferrari 360 Challenge Car (Approx $175,000).
Too bad I am not a computer nerd...
Challenge
Please post a pic if you win the car!
Too bad I am not a computer nerd...
Challenge
Please post a pic if you win the car!
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haha it has a 1,048,576 bit symmetric key!!! I will be lucky to break a 256 bit key by August.
Do you think we can set up a team work ? If we win, we can sell it and buy a few M3s.
The answer is 42.
LOL! Did you mail them ? Will you allow me for a drive when I'm in PA ?
BTW, who gave you hint ? Tony Soprano ?
BTW, who gave you hint ? Tony Soprano ?
alee said:
Gave you tip? :eeps:
:eeps:
Alex Baumann said:
LOL! Did you mail them ? Will you allow me for a drive when I'm in PA ?
BTW, who gave you tip ? Tony Soprano ?
tip&trick&hint that is I'm on the phone right now. Speaking german as you write in english is a bit difficult sometimes
I'm on the phone right now. Speaking german as you write in english is a bit difficult sometimes
bol said:Gave you tip?
this is kindda hard, maybe a company like united device can do it... i think it took a while for rc5 challenge to crack 1024-bit keys... and quite a few schools and companies participated... special hardware will definitely be needed... hmm...
--Andrew
--Andrew
Alex is a talanted man! :thumb:
Alex Baumann said:
tip&trick&hint that is
'talented' sorry, couldn't resist (j/k)
sorry, couldn't resist (j/k)
bol said:
He catches it! :thumb:
Alex Baumann said:
'talented'
Do I hear distributed computing? :thumb: Pool the resources of .org, the Fest, and Fanatics and you have quite a supercomputer.
ayn said:
yeah, a la SETI
alee said:
Do I hear distributed computing? :thumb: Pool the resources of .org, the Fest, and Fanatics and you have quite a supercomputer.
Except you're more likely to crack the encryption than you are likely to find something interesting through SETI.
Alex Baumann said:yeah, a la SETI
i have united device's client on my machine, i know ppl at UD, an austin company, and it's for a good course (cancer research or something)...
basically what RC5 did is that the clients download a range of keys and they try to crack it exhaustively, I don't think this method would work in this case, there are simply not enough time.
that's why i said special hardware would be needed... not sure if an FPGA would be fast enough even... hmmm...
I think Gilmore did that for DES, check http://www.eff.org/descracker.html
--Andrew
basically what RC5 did is that the clients download a range of keys and they try to crack it exhaustively, I don't think this method would work in this case, there are simply not enough time.
that's why i said special hardware would be needed... not sure if an FPGA would be fast enough even... hmmm...
I think Gilmore did that for DES, check http://www.eff.org/descracker.html
--Andrew
alee said:
Except you're more likely to crack the encryption than you are likely to find something interesting through SETI.
lol... there are 2 ways to solve this in the time remaining for the lifespan of the universe:
1. find an error in the algorithm or underlying assumptions for the algorithm and use that weakness to calculate an answer.
2. build a quantum computer
Assuming the algorithm is decent enough, option 1 would require a very good mathematician / cryptographer or an extremely lucky (read: this person does not exist) individual to just 'see' the problem. Option 2 will happen eventually (but not so quickly as to negate the usefullness of this algorithm), however the initial cost to build it will *greatly* exceed the cost of the car.
Basically, you'd have a better chance at winning a multimillion dollar lottery, in which case you buy several Ferraris.
1. find an error in the algorithm or underlying assumptions for the algorithm and use that weakness to calculate an answer.
2. build a quantum computer
Assuming the algorithm is decent enough, option 1 would require a very good mathematician / cryptographer or an extremely lucky (read: this person does not exist) individual to just 'see' the problem. Option 2 will happen eventually (but not so quickly as to negate the usefullness of this algorithm), however the initial cost to build it will *greatly* exceed the cost of the car.
Basically, you'd have a better chance at winning a multimillion dollar lottery, in which case you buy several Ferraris.
I'm in on the group crack :thumb:
Yea, you and your good buddy A. van Hooydonk. Not that there's anything wrong with that, :lmao:
in_d_haus said:
LOL, wonder if the 15 yr old script kiddie who wins it will have the 15 grand in sales tax that he'll need to take it away
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