-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: cypherpunks@toad.com Date: Fri Jul 26 13:25:22 1996
At 10:30 7/23/96, Matt Blaze wrote:
My estimate is that an FPGA-based machine that can do a single DES key every four months (eight months to exhaust the whole keyspace) could be built with off-the-shelf stuff for comfortably under $50k (plus labor, plus software development costs). A prototype board should cost under $1000 and will help prove the concept and get a more accurate cost estimate. I expect to build such a prototype machine myself, and, if it works as I expect, maybe the whole thing.
I am willing to financially contribute to the project.
If this were to be a card (via RS232 or PC-bus), thousands of people would be able to copy it, once the development process is finished. -> You'd have hardware that all those people could use for a distributed crack, the building cost would be distributed also (<$100), only development would have to be at one place (sponsored of course). Now, that would be a scary thought for DES-fans! - --------< fate favors the prepared mind >-------- Remo Pini rp@rpini.com PGP: http://www.rpini.com/remopini/rpcrypto.html - ------< words are what reality is made of >------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMfirIxFhy5sz+bTpAQEpQggAsgkbxVgxbKSSMrCT/gjBvmagHhl0KWqd 9rtbRcp8D2jKXYQ1f7yVWsvD/UEWV4hKpZtUOLKk90HrnL96N+QERUsx55ojqHxQ VzOInVjEexlM+mIYcP+IYCmMtM05o7GcVJTFjmT9GrpNWSVrA0szwJnROLkkkJ9b JV8+QSKusYX+Xy5BBpBEmyb6036+zgurZuGll6+A0hks5azGnRlbcYMgQhQ1ToKn /TqeFSCxwPCMSrfnhtfMeyCCa0z7ysue36kXhZaSHbgw2Zm+ejaB4/lINjultl33 iE7IqcE3Q824itorCmak3PM3CslTOG6iOszRSL70JD8t0ddjt4c/UA== =+ipg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----