RFC 3607 · INFORMATIONAL · 2003
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Chinese Lottery Cryptanalysis Revisited: The Internet as a Codebreaking Tool
Overview
RFC 3607, “Chinese Lottery Cryptanalysis Revisited: The Internet as a Codebreaking Tool”, is an Informational document published in September 2003 by M. Leech. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document revisits the so-called Chinese Lottery massively-parallel cryptanalytic attack. It explores Internet-based analogues to the Chinese Lottery, and their potentially-serious consequences.
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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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