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	[https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ '''''NFS@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project based on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|BOINC]] platform. The project performs the lattice sieving stage of the [[wikipedia:General_number_field_sieve\|General Number Field Sieve]] (GNFS), currently the fastest known classical algorithm for factoring large integers.<ref name="home">[https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ NFS@Home project website]</ref>		[https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ '''''NFS@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project based on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|BOINC]] platform. The project performs the lattice sieving stage of the [[wikipedia:General_number_field_sieve\|General Number Field Sieve]] (GNFS), currently the fastest known classical algorithm for factoring large integers.<ref name="home">[https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ NFS@Home project website]</ref>

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	== Goal ==		== Goal ==
	Once the TI keys were done, the RSA Lattice Siever project continued with smaller numbers while NFS@Home focused on factoring larger numbers.		Once the TI keys were done, the RSA Lattice Siever project continued with smaller numbers while NFS@Home focused on factoring larger numbers.

	~~== Methods ==~~
	* always including "why BOINC"?
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	* impactful final statement

	== Project team / Sponsors ==		== Project team / Sponsors ==

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	== Why NFS@Home? ==		== Why NFS@Home? ==
	Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET NFSNet] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the [[wikipedia:Texas_Instruments_signing_key_controversy#Project\|'''''signing keys for TI calculators''''']].		Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET '''''NFSNet'''''] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the [[wikipedia:Texas_Instruments_signing_key_controversy#Project\|'''''signing keys for TI calculators''''']].

	Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].		Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].

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	== Why NFS@Home? ==		== Why NFS@Home? ==
	Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET NFSNet] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the signing keys for TI calculators.		Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET NFSNet] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the [[wikipedia:Texas_Instruments_signing_key_controversy#Project\|'''''signing keys for TI calculators''''']].

	Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].		Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].

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	== Why NFS@Home? ==		== Why NFS@Home? ==
	Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization, led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET NFSNet] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the signing keys for TI calculators.		Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET NFSNet] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the signing keys for TI calculators.

	Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].		Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].

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	Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].		Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].

			After three years, RSA Lattice Siever lost interest in continuing, so their work was merged into NFS@Home with the addition of queues for smaller factorizations.

	== Goal ==		== Goal ==
	Once the TI keys were done, the RSA Lattice Siever project continued with smaller numbers while NFS@Home focused on factoring larger numbers~~. After about three years, RSA Lattice Siever lost interest in continuing, so their work was merged into NFS@Home with the addition of queues for smaller factorizations~~.		Once the TI keys were done, the RSA Lattice Siever project continued with smaller numbers while NFS@Home focused on factoring larger numbers.

	== Methods ==		== Methods ==

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	== Why NFS@Home? ==		== Why NFS@Home? ==
			Previous participation in volunteer computing and an interest in integer factorization, led to following the development of the [https://www.math.ttu.edu/~cmonico/software/ggnfs/ '''''GGNFS'''''] and msieve implementations of Number Field Sieve (NFS). [https://www.rieselprime.de/ziki/NFSNET NFSNet] had been developed for distribution of NFS sieving, but never caught on. Creating a BOINC project at this point was considered, but BOINC project [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913231024/http://boinc.unsads.com/rsals/ '''''RSA Lattice Siever'''''] had been launched to distribute the NFS sieving to factor the signing keys for TI calculators.

	* why this topic/~~object~~ of ~~study?~~		Dr. Greg Childers contributed to RSA Lattice Siever behind the scenes and assisted with the linear algebra. Implementation details were shared in return, which was used to inform the development and [https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12388 '''''launch of NFS@Home'''''].

	== Goal ==		== Goal ==
	* summarize the ~~objectives and challenges which~~ the project ~~addresses~~, ~~before jumping~~ into ~~details~~		Once the TI keys were done, the RSA Lattice Siever project continued with smaller numbers while NFS@Home focused on factoring larger numbers. After about three years, RSA Lattice Siever lost interest in continuing, so their work was merged into NFS@Home with the addition of queues for smaller factorizations.

	== Methods ==		== Methods ==

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	== Project team / Sponsors ==		== Project team / Sponsors ==
	NFS@Home is based at [https://www.fullerton.edu/ California State University Fullerton] and support by grants from the [https://access-ci.org/ National Science Foundation ACCESS] program.		NFS@Home is developed by Dr. Greg Childers and is based at [https://www.fullerton.edu/ California State University Fullerton] and support by grants from the [https://access-ci.org/ National Science Foundation ACCESS] program.

	== Scientific results ==		== Scientific results ==
	All results are posted on the NFS@Home web page. Cunningham factors are posted on the [https://homes.cerias.purdue.edu/~ssw/cun/ Cunningham project website].		All results are posted on the NFS@Home web page.

			* [https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/crunching.php Detailed status of lasieved]
			* [https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/crunching_es.php Detailed status of lasievee_small]
			* [https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/crunching_e.php Detailed status of lasievee]
			* [https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/crunching_fs.php Detailed status of lasievef_small]

			Cunningham factors are posted on the [https://homes.cerias.purdue.edu/~ssw/cun/ Cunningham project website].

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	[https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ '''''NFS@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to ...		[https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ '''''NFS@Home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to push the boundaries of integer factorization by performing the lattice sieving step in the Number Field Sieve factorization of large integers.

	== Why NFS@Home? ==		== Why NFS@Home? ==
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	== Project team / Sponsors ==		== Project team / Sponsors ==
			NFS@Home is based at [https://www.fullerton.edu/ California State University Fullerton] and support by grants from the [https://access-ci.org/ National Science Foundation ACCESS] program.

	== Scientific results ==		== Scientific results ==
	* external links		All results are posted on the NFS@Home web page. Cunningham factors are posted on the [https://homes.cerias.purdue.edu/~ssw/cun/ Cunningham project website].