Re: RC5 Challenge - Linux at Top
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 21:11:30 +0000 (GMT)
> 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..
Alan