O. S. Zaikin, M. A. Posypkin, A. A. Semenov, “Using volunteer computation to solve cryptographic problems”, Prikl. Diskr. Mat. Suppl., 2012, Issue 5,Pages <nobr>107

Mathematical Foundations of Informatics and Programming

Using volunteer computation to solve cryptographic problems

O. S. Zaikin^a, M. A. Posypkin^b, A. A. Semenov^a

^a Institute of System Dynamics and Control Theory, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk
^b Institute of Systems Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: In the paper a technology for solving cryptographic problems in volunteer computing projects is described. Authors have implemented volunteer project SAT@home in which a successful cryptanalysis of the keystream generator A5/1 was performed.

UDC: 519.7