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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 01:22:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu>
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i think the real reason for the 6 CPU limit has been suggested.  
commercial release.  note the lack of black helicopters for that explanation.


b3n

On Fri, 16 May 1997, David S. Miller wrote:

>    Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
>    From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
> 
>    the current RC5 distributed cracking effort shows quite clearly
>    that something as advanced as MOSIX is not required.  if his logic
>    is that bad guys will use MOSIX to crack encryption brute force
>    then he is fooling himself.
> 
> And besides, as far as MO6 goes, all I have to say is that adb is your
> friend...
>