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== 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'''''].

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 == 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'''''].