From: Phillip <root@adam.sp.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:55:13 +0800
To: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Subject: Re: Brute-forcing DES
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.94.960724075327.1558D-100000@switch.sp.org>
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On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, The Deviant wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jul 1996 pjn@nworks.com wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:25:44 -0500
> > From: pjn@nworks.com
> > To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> > Subject: Brute-forcing DES
> >
> >  > Any one up for a distributed brute force attack on single DES? My
> >  > back-of-the-envelope calculations and guesstimates put this on the
> >  > hairy edge of doability (the critical factor is how many machines can
> >  > be recruited - a non-trivial cash prize would help).
> >
> >  >> Count me in. I've got a couple of net-connected Pentiums that are
> >  >> mostly idle.
> >
> >     Although I dont have a pentium, I would be glad to put forth
> >     some computer power to help.
> >
> >  >> Might be able to bring some money in by selling "I Helped Crack DES
> >  >> And  All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt" T-shirts.
> >
> >     Id buy one! :)
> >
> 
> Actually... we might as well print up the t-shirts, and sell them for $15
> apeice, then buy a DES cracker with the profit ;)
> 
> Seriously though, I'd by the t-shirt, and I'll donate processor time.  I
> can definatly give an 8086 (BALK) to the process, some time on a 80386,
> and a limited amount of time on some p75's...
> 
>  --Deviant
> Whatever occurs from love is always beyond good and evil.
> 		-- Friedrich Nietzsche
> 
> 

I'd get a about 7 t-shirts too ;)  and I coud probably donate at least 1 80386,
xx% of a 80386, a LITTLE bit of a DEC Alpha or so, probably 1 or 2 808x's and
mayby a 80486, and 2 (if someone ports the code)  C64's! (Wouldn't it be funnie
if thay were the lucky cpu's ?[headlines: DES broken by C64])...  
How much for {2,4}000000/sec? $60? I buy $600 worth of parts. :) 

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