From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 29 22:37:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA20288 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 22:37:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus.tfs.net (tc1-p38.tfs.net [139.146.197.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA20282 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 22:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA01778 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:36:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199708300536.AAA01778@argus.tfs.net> Subject: Re: Cyberian RC5 Effort - 'Anti - Microsoft!' To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:36:43 -0500 (CDT) Reply-to: jbryant@tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Murray Stokely wrote: > > > - There is no statistical advantage to using Bovine over Cyberian at > > this time. Bovine checked the first 6% sequentially. So Cyberian > > didn't have to check that space, therefore they've technically > > eliminated 8% of the keyspace. This means that roughly one key in 10 > > Huh? Don't their stats say that they've checked almost 20% of the > keyspace? http://rc5stats.distributed.net/summary.idc > > > -- > tIM...HOEk > OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names > hoping that the resultant code will run faster. cut the crap guys.. just do it. it'll be nice to get another FreeBSD victory. i might just join in. i could really use the $5000, uninsured motorist recently caused $7000 in damage to my car... so cut the crap, and let's just do it. just to put nt in it's place: the circular file. Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25 Packet: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam voice: KC5VDJ - 6 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. grid: EM28PW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+