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In article <1992Apr9.085156.4858@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>-From ts@uwasa.fi Thu Apr  9 11:48:57 1992
>Subject: Re: pkzip encryption contest
>To: jloup@chorus.fr (Jean-loup Gailly)
>Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 11:48:57 EET DST
>Cc: garbo-infolist
>
>>
>> Timo and Harri,
>>
>> Phil Katz has set up a contest to break the encryption scheme used
>> in pkzip. He is offering $1000 to the first person who breaks the
>> password on a file of 12K bytes. With Pkware permission, I have uploaded
>> the file to /pc/incoming/pkcontst.zip.
>>
>> The inner file contest.txt is not encrypted and details the rules
>> of the contest. The password has been chosen in such a way that
>> brute force attacks are not possible.
>>
>> Jean-loup
>
>Thank you Jean-loup.  Your upload is now available as
>
>14433 Apr 3 14:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/pkcontst.zip
>
>   All the best, Timo
>...................................................................
>Prof. Timo Salmi
>Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.87.1
>School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
>Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun

Ok, I'll bite...  How does one choose a key "in such a way that brute
force attacks are not possible"???  I think I'll try "zzzzzzzz".  :-)
Gimme a break!  Brute force is *always* "possible"...  It's just not
very *quick* sometimes.  Tell ya what...  let's divide up the keyspace
between all of us, and break it just for fun!  (That'd probably leave
us each with a share of about $5, eh?)

Serge!  Here's your chance to finance your trip to CalTech!  Go for it!!!

Rick Miller  rick@discus.mil.wi.us  discus!rick@uwm.edu  rick@ee.uwm.edu