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To: Brian Tao <taob@risc.org>
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Subject: Re: RSA 56-bit key challenge 
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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 02:28:28 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 	It looks that way right now anyway.  FreeBSD hosts are
> contributing over 8.3 million keys/sec and are 15 of the 20 fastest
> machines on the list.  :)

It would be awesome if you could see the performance of this
"virtual machine" displayed in real-time on a web page. :)

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? :-)

					Jordan

P.S. And if anyone on this list knows for certain, *don't* tell me -
facts like these I don't want to know! :)