From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 23 12:24:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA24197 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA24157 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id VAA28980 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:24:43 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.6.12) with UUCP id VAA32128 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:24:34 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.6/keltia-uucp-2.9) id UAA01148; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:49:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970623204937.38982@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:49:37 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD cracks DES ! References: <19970620143541.17175@vinyl.quickweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 In-Reply-To: ; from Brian Tao on Sat, Jun 21, 1997 at 07:07:52PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3392 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Brian Tao: > Neato! Now let's see if a FreeBSD machine will claim the prize > for the 56-bit RC5 challenge too. :) RC5 is a much slower algorithm so the keyspace is much less exhausted than the DES' one. Even if one found the key at 25% like for the DES, it will take years... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #20: Fri Jun 13 00:16:13 CEST 1997