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Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:54:33 -0500
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1998 SEP 28 (NB) -- By Adam Creed, Newsbytes.
Casio Computer Co. [TOKYO:6952] has issued a 1 million yen
($7393) challenge to the Internet and scientific communities, to
break a cryptographic code developed by the company to secure
electronic communications.
Casio has developed an encryption system that proposes to secure
confidential information sent across the Internet. To test its
robustness and to demonstrate its efficiency the company will offer
a prize of 1 million yen ($7,400) to anyone who can decrypt a message
posted on the Casio Web site.
The encryption used in the system is based on multi-dimensional
space rotation (MDSR) or time-dependent multi-dimensional space
rotation (MDSR-TD). The principle says that decryption of encrypted
data becomes more complicated depending on the dimension of space
defined in its use.
Casio is marketing the technology at those who wish to keep private
information, e-mail information and group communication secure,
including keeping data stored on a server.
More information on the challenge can be found on the Web at
http://www.casio.co.jp/en/ .
Exchange rate: $1 = 135.26 yen
Reported By Newsbytes News Network: http://www.newsbytes.com
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