From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 10 05:10:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA29929 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:10:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA29920 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:10:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id FAA15119; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:09:37 -0800 (PST) To: Team FreeBSD RC5-64 Effort Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Team FreeBSD RC5-64 Secret Key Challenge In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Nov 1997 06:42:21 EST." <8188AD2EBC3CD111B7A30060082F32A401C5C7@FREYA> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:09:37 -0800 Message-ID: <15115.879167377@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk While I appreciate your enthusiasm, posting this to every FreeBSD mailing list was a gross violation of the mailing list charters (section 25.1.3 of the handbook) and, should it be repeated, will result in the loss of your posting privileges. Do not do this again. This will be your only warning. Jordan > Calling all FreeBSD supporters everywhere! > > Team FreeBSD is a distributed effort by FreeBSD supporters > to crack the RC5-64 encryption (RSA Secret Key Challenge). > > This effort is coordinated by distributed.net using their > RC5-64 "Bovine" client programs. These programs use ONLY > idle time on your machine, affecting production use not at > all. There are versions of the client available for FreeBSD > as well as most other platforms. > > To find out more about Team FreeBSD, visit: > http://www.circle.net/team-freebsd > > To find out more about the RC5-64 effort, visit: > http://www.distributed.net > > To see the latest rankings of Team FreeBSD, visit: > http://rc5stats.distributed.net/tmsummary.idc?TM=988 > > To flame me for crossposting this announcement, mail to: > team-freebsd@circle.net > > - - - - - - > > If Team FreeBSD cracks the code, we plan on donating prize > winnings to the FreeBSD development effort. So your CPU idle time > could mean real cash $$ for FreeBSD. > > As of this posting, Team FreeBSD is now ranked #196 out of thousands > and climbing fast!