Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 10:02:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: ejs@bfd.com (Eric J. Schwertfeger) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, taob@risc.org, henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RSA 56-bit key challenge Message-ID: <199703021802.KAA23478@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970302090357.18611D-100000@harlie.bfd.com> from "Eric J. Schwertfeger" at Mar 2, 97 09:05:24 am
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Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > What's the total keys/sec rating right now? I wonder if even > > certain government agencies have key breaking machines capable > > of reaching these kinds of performance figures? :-) > > Someone who can't participate benchmarked their massively parallel machine > at 20Mkeys/sec, all by itself. > > hmm....5x86-133 uses 5 minutes to do 20Mkeys. a factor of 300 faster....there are faster machines out there yet. remember the 6000(?) cpu intel box that the gov't bought. not that it would be used to break keys. jmbhome | help
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