Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:25:13 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Japan FreeBSDers really cracking that RC5! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971126121050.16862A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <347B00A8.1770F31@fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Sean Kelly wrote: > I was just looking over the stats of the RC5-64 cracking effort > (http://rc5stats.distributed.net). FreeBSD users in Japan are kicking > butt! > > According to the "Top 100 Overall" list the team "Japan FreeBSD Users > Group" has been in the running for only six days and have already taken > 7th place. Just yesterday, the "individual" rc5@jp.freebsd.org held > first place beating rc5@linux.or.jp with over twice as many blocks > checked. > > Other teams in the top ten have been there for about a month or more. > But the Japan FreeBSD Users Group has a decent amount of blocks under > its belt (628,000) and in only six days time. It will still take an > monumental effort to unseat the first place team, the Apple > EvangeListas, who have done over four million blocks. They have as much blocks as the next three after them, and their key rate is as much as JFUG + the Amiga Camp just ahead of them in blocks... > (Those Apple users have an incredible rc5 client. Is there an > instruction on the PowerPC called "CRK-RC5" which does a key check in a > single cycle?) Hmmm... A PPC604e is about the same as a PPro on the same Mhz. The trick is, PPC604e-s go up to 350MHz. > Team FreeBSD is looking a bit green next to this. But hey, if they're > helping promote FreeBSD, more power to them! > > --Sean > The interesting part is under the link "Too much detail". Like stats for Solaris for MIPS, Alpha & PA RISC and OS/2 for MIPS & Alpha. Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions.
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