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From: JSH on 1 Jul 2010 23:19
My concern has been that fundamental equations in modular arithmetic
could be exploited rather quickly and it appears with my latest
efforts that that concern may be correct.

With the approach to discrete logarithms I've found it appears you CAN
optimize the approach, and even though that involves looking for
factors q^2 mod N, near N^2, it appears that it's easy to come up with
a method that would allow factoring numbers on that scale as it's NOT
a factorization where you don't have more tools from the idea itself.

Some of you may think this situation is a game. I assure you it is
not.

My own hope had been that the research was far away from a trivial
optimization but it appears that it is closer than I realized.

I would assume that there are people who are aware of that now as
well.

It's not clear to me what to do, but my own hope is that some clear
heads will realize the need to notify the US Government.

Unfortunately there may be enough in postings for a clever person to
work out the details, which was not my wish, but things worked out
faster than I realized until after postings. I often get my best
ideas after posting.

Some sensible person needs to maybe quietly do their own tests and
notify the US Government. There is no need to post about it on
Usenet. I will not post further if I can help it after this post, and
will not explain further, but may post again as I see necessary to try
and help someone understand the seriousness of the situation.

Worst case can be a collapse of military grade encryption worldwide.

NO ONE is to use said information for stock trading. Or for any
financial gain. The money will just be taken back from you later
anyway.

Nations who get this message should simply go to procedures put in
place for such an eventuality. World will probably be on various
stages of high alert, indefinitely.


James Harris
From: Jesse F. Hughes on 1 Jul 2010 23:38
JSH <jstevh(a)gmail.com> writes:

> Some sensible person needs to maybe quietly do their own tests and
> notify the US Government. There is no need to post about it on
> Usenet. I will not post further if I can help it after this post, and
> will not explain further, but may post again as I see necessary to try
> and help someone understand the seriousness of the situation.
>
> Worst case can be a collapse of military grade encryption worldwide.
>
> NO ONE is to use said information for stock trading. Or for any
> financial gain. The money will just be taken back from you later
> anyway.
>
> Nations who get this message should simply go to procedures put in
> place for such an eventuality. World will probably be on various
> stages of high alert, indefinitely.

Yeah, probably.

--
Jesse F. Hughes

"Would you please stop talking and start talking?"
-- Vincent Price as the Saint
From: MichaelW on 1 Jul 2010 23:44
On Jul 2, 1:19 pm, JSH <jst...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> My concern has been that fundamental equations in modular arithmetic
> could be exploited rather quickly and it appears with my latest
> efforts that that concern may be correct.
>
> With the approach to discrete logarithms I've found it appears you CAN
> optimize the approach, and even though that involves looking for
> factors q^2 mod N, near N^2, it appears that it's easy to come up with
> a method that would allow factoring numbers on that scale as it's NOT
> a factorization where you don't have more tools from the idea itself.
>
> Some of you may think this situation is a game.  I assure you it is
> not.
>
> My own hope had been that the research was far away from a trivial
> optimization but it appears that it is closer than I realized.
>
> I would assume that there are people who are aware of that now as
> well.
>
> It's not clear to me what to do, but my own hope is that some clear
> heads will realize the need to notify the US Government.
>
> Unfortunately there may be enough in postings for a clever person to
> work out the details, which was not my wish, but things worked out
> faster than I realized until after postings.  I often get my best
> ideas after posting.
>
> Some sensible person needs to maybe quietly do their own tests and
> notify the US Government.  There is no need to post about it on
> Usenet.  I will not post further if I can help it after this post, and
> will not explain further, but may post again as I see necessary to try
> and help someone understand the seriousness of the situation.
>
> Worst case can be a collapse of military grade encryption worldwide.
>
> NO ONE is to use said information for stock trading.  Or for any
> financial gain.  The money will just be taken back from you later
> anyway.
>
> Nations who get this message should simply go to procedures put in
> place for such an eventuality.  World will probably be on various
> stages of high alert, indefinitely.
>
> James Harris

To the governments of the world.

I have got sufficient details from the posting of one James Harris to
allow me to write code that breaks any and all encryption currently in
use. I have successfully hacked into the systems that control the US
nuclear arsenal. Please send one hundred billion dollars in small
unmarked bills to James Harris (currently residing in LA, California)
or I will start destroying your cities.

Have a nice day. Michael W.
From: big gus on 2 Jul 2010 02:32

"MichaelW" <msjmb(a)tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3161ae94-dfb1-4933-bec5-bb93b6ec4a20(a)i9g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 2, 1:19 pm, JSH <jst...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> My concern has been that fundamental equations in modular arithmetic
> could be exploited rather quickly and it appears with my latest
> efforts that that concern may be correct.
>
> With the approach to discrete logarithms I've found it appears you CAN
> optimize the approach, and even though that involves looking for
> factors q^2 mod N, near N^2, it appears that it's easy to come up with
> a method that would allow factoring numbers on that scale as it's NOT
> a factorization where you don't have more tools from the idea itself.
>
> Some of you may think this situation is a game. I assure you it is
> not.
>
> My own hope had been that the research was far away from a trivial
> optimization but it appears that it is closer than I realized.
>
> I would assume that there are people who are aware of that now as
> well.
>
> It's not clear to me what to do, but my own hope is that some clear
> heads will realize the need to notify the US Government.
>
> Unfortunately there may be enough in postings for a clever person to
> work out the details, which was not my wish, but things worked out
> faster than I realized until after postings. I often get my best
> ideas after posting.
>
> Some sensible person needs to maybe quietly do their own tests and
> notify the US Government. There is no need to post about it on
> Usenet. I will not post further if I can help it after this post, and
> will not explain further, but may post again as I see necessary to try
> and help someone understand the seriousness of the situation.
>
> Worst case can be a collapse of military grade encryption worldwide.
>
> NO ONE is to use said information for stock trading. Or for any
> financial gain. The money will just be taken back from you later
> anyway.
>
> Nations who get this message should simply go to procedures put in
> place for such an eventuality. World will probably be on various
> stages of high alert, indefinitely.
>
> James Harris

To the governments of the world.

I have got sufficient details from the posting of one James Harris to
allow me to write code that breaks any and all encryption currently in
use. I have successfully hacked into the systems that control the US
nuclear arsenal. Please send one hundred billion dollars in small
unmarked bills to James Harris (currently residing in LA, California)
or I will start destroying your cities.

Have a nice day. Michael W.


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i dont think they can see it way down here, hold it up higher and put a
flashlight on it.


From: Mark Murray on 2 Jul 2010 15:28
On 02/07/2010 04:44, MichaelW wrote:
> To the governments of the world.
>
> I have got sufficient details from the posting of one James Harris to
> allow me to write code that breaks any and all encryption currently in
> use. I have successfully hacked into the systems that control the US
> nuclear arsenal. Please send one hundred billion dollars in small
> unmarked bills to James Harris (currently residing in LA, California)
> or I will start destroying your cities.
>
> Have a nice day. Michael W.

Michael,

Before the evidence is lost forever, it must be noted the formidable
nature of your correspondent:

http://twitter.com/jstevh has:

<quote>
the world has never seen a major discoverer like me. my job quite
simply, is to push the entire human species--forward.
</quote>

You saw it here first. Be very afraid.

M
--
Mark "No Nickname" Murray
Notable nebbish, extreme generalist.
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