Submission + - $12K bounty to find the lost seeds to 5 NIST elliptic curves
mejustme writes: "The NIST elliptic curves that power much of modern cryptography were generated in the late ‘90s by hashing seeds provided by the NSA. Rumor has it that they are in turn hashes of English sentences, but the person who picked them, Dr. Jerry Solinas, passed away in early 2023 leaving behind a cryptographic mystery."
Cryptographer Filippo Valsorda says: "I’m announcing a $12,288 bounty for cracking these five hashes, tripled to $36,864 if the recipient chooses to donate it to a 501(c)(3) charity of their choice."
There are hints to which phrase was used as the seed. Dr Jerry Solinas thinks he used something similar to "Jerry deserves a raise."
Cryptographer Filippo Valsorda says: "I’m announcing a $12,288 bounty for cracking these five hashes, tripled to $36,864 if the recipient chooses to donate it to a 501(c)(3) charity of their choice."
There are hints to which phrase was used as the seed. Dr Jerry Solinas thinks he used something similar to "Jerry deserves a raise."
