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Re: [SSLUG] RC5 contest?

On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Martin Wahlen wrote:

> Är det någon som har clienten till RC5 tävlingen utanför USA? Kan man
> öhvt. deltaga om man bor utanför USA? $10.000 till linux vore ju inte helt
> fel:) 

Se nedan. Har givetvis en igång här. :)

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>From johnsonm@redhat.com Fri Feb 28 01:15:07 1997
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:41:08 -0500
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
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Subject: RC5 cracking contest
Resent-Date: 26 Feb 1997 15:50:41 -0000
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A contest is currently underway to crack the RC5 cipher with a 56-bit key
size.  Red Hat Software is participating in a large-scale effort by the
Linux community, and if we win, the prize money to be given to Linux
International.  Information about this challenge is available at
http://zero.genx.net/ and http://www.virtual.net.au/~rjc/rc5/
Current statistics on the progress of the contest are available at
http://zero.genx.net/bill/



We would like to encourage all internet-connected users to donate their
spare CPU cycles to this cause, which is endorsed by major Linux developers
such as Alan Cox and Dave Miller.  If you are willing to participate,
follow these steps:

  If you live in the US, download the appropriate client from
    ftp://ftp.genx.net/pub/crypto/rc5/  or download the source code
    and build it yourself.
  If you live outside the US, go to http://www.virtual.net.au/~rjc/rc5/
    and download the client, or download the source code and build it.

  Make the binary executable with
    chmod +x <clientname>

  (I use <clientname> as the name of the client binary you downloaded
   or built.)

  Run this command:
    nice <clientname> linux@linuxnet.org
  or put it in the background but keep the output around to see how
  fast your computer is with
    nice <clientname> linux@linuxnet.org > someoutputfile 2>&1 &

I like to check once in a while to see what kind of progress it is
making...

Thanks for your help!

michaelkjohnson

"Ever wonder why the SAME PEOPLE make up ALL the conspiracy theories?"


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