Damien Doligez

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Event August 16, 1995 Added October 3, 2026 Updated October 3, 2026 Mailing List

SSL challenge -- broken !

Damien Doligez announces he broke Finney's SSL challenge in 8 days on about 120 machines: exportable SSL is weak enough for amateurs, so don't trust it with a credit card number.

Event August 9, 2000 Added October 3, 2026 Updated October 3, 2026 Web Document

Damien Doligez, 'I broke Hal's SSL challenge'

Damien Doligez ↔ Hal Finney

Doligez on breaking Hal Finney's 1995 SSL challenge: second to find the key, about two hours after David Byers and Eric Young working with Adam Back; the second challenge fell in under 32 hours.