Some Bets on the Future of Cryptography and Security

Motto: We need to reward (at last) people that are right, and punish those that by their ignorance, incompetence or because of a hidden agenda, put everybody's security at a great risk. /Nicolas T. Courtois, said during Quo Vadis Cryptology 4 conference, 26 May 2006/.

On this web page you find links to a selection of important bets relevant to industrial cryptography and financial data security. Suggest a link.

Bets with Play Money

*- for everyone -*
a collision on SHA-1 will be found and published in 2007	it is easier to break RSA than to factor large integers	key recovery attack on AES will be found before the end of 2012

Bets with Real Money

*- you need to be a resident of UK, Ireland or another country that allows betting with real money -*
a collision on SHA-1 will be found and published in 2007	it is easier to break RSA than to factor large integers	key recovery attack on AES will be found before the end of 2012

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Last updated on 20 April 2007.