From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 2 11:02:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA25903 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 11:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA25898 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 11:02:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.4) id OAA09779; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 14:02:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 14:02:49 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich Message-Id: <199703021902.OAA09779@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: taob@risc.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crazy RSA-cracking idea... Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.chat References: <5fb9nt$juc$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In lists.freebsd.chat you write: > How about we turn the RC5 cracking code into an lkm and include it >with the next distribution of FreeBSD? I figure the 56-bit key will >take over a year to crack given the current growth curve and figuring >in a bit of luck. Why not make it easy for every FreeBSD box out >there to join in? ;-) That would be.... wild. :) We could even display it during boot -- instead of bogomips (whatever the hell that is) we have real work! Cracking N Keys/sec! :) -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich