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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 [[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'''''].

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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 [[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'''''].