Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:03:06 -0800 (PST) | From | Michael Neuffer <> | Subject | Re: RC5 Challenge - Linux at Top |
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On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> > of a an Internet project. RC5-32/12/4 took 3.5h, RC5-32/12/5 took > > 13 days with far more computing power and more optimized software. > > The 56 bit challenge RC5-32/12/6 will need again about 256 times as > > long, that's 8 years _average_. > > Last time I checked the speed the job was running at it would take 8 > years total. So it just needs a chunk more machinery to take it down > to months. The point of this isnt btw politics or money, its because > "It can't be done". It represents probably the largest computation > ever attempted by man, so its got hack value..
It really looks like people are joining the fun. Within a few hours the estimate time fell from 8 to 6.85 and it seems to be going down steadily.
Mike
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