From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxa!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!mat
Newsgroups: net.math
Title: Re: random numbers
Article-I.D.: hou5e.405
Posted: Sat Apr 23 01:56:07 1983
Received: Sun Apr 24 07:40:14 1983
References: allegra.1252

hplabs!hansen has stated that the UN*X crypt(I) has been broken.  Can anyone
give more info on this?  On how it is broken?  By whom the work was done?
And for that matter, how it worked in the first place?  I know it was
originally developed from a ``wheel--and--key'' machine, but I don't know
how that works either.  Come on, fella's There's a newsgroup out here!
Can't someone post copies of announcements?  Maybe if I see enough
references to useful journals, etc, I won't need to ask eventually!

ANd the KnapSack method is crumbling?  Is factoring of large numbers moving
ahead that fast?
						-!hou5e!mat
						Mark Terribile
						(Duke of deNet)
						Spiridellis and Associates
						at American Bell, Holmdel