Hello cypherpunks@toad.com Anybody get the feeling someone is writing off their computers real fast? ...
In home computer terms, Doligez guesses a network of about 80 Intel Pentium-based machines would be equivalent ... at around $10,000, meaning there are many more economical ...
Okay, 80 Pentiums, at 2000 each, makes 160 000. 8 days per attack, 10 000 per attack, makes cost of attack 1250/day 160 000 / 1 250 = 128 days. Anybody's Pentiums actually wear out after half a year? You could question my 2000 figure, but even at 5000 it'd still be just a year. Cost of capital doesn't change by more than 10% in that time. Hope I'm making sense... and sorry about flogging the dead horse... Jiri -- If you want an answer, please mail to <jirib@cs.monash.edu.au>. On sweeney, I may delete without reading! PGP 463A14D5 (but it's at home so it'll take a day or two)