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The Rules

The contest is based on the TTM algorithm for public-key encryption. The TTM 1.7 cipher has 72-byte blocks. The ciphertext (the encrypted text) would consist of 100-byte blocks.

The candidate plaintext and key must be sent either by mail or via email to US Data Security in precisely the fashion specified in the section "Format of Submissions", and the winning submission for a contest will be the one that was received first by US Data Security Inc. and processed and judged to be correct by us. The winner's entry wil be announced by US Data Security Inc..

No employees of US Data Security Inc. or their relatives are eligible to participate.

US Data Security Inc. reserves the right to change the contest rules at any time at its sole discretion, without notice, including the right to change or extend the challenge list, and/or to terminate the contest. US Data Security is the sole arbiter and administrator for this contest; the judgment of US Data Security in all matters is final.

Queries on the US Data Security Public-Key Challenge can be addressed to:

         US Data Security Inc.
         358 Fifth Avenue Suite 403
         NY, NY 10001