Re: on FPGAs vs ASICs

"Major Variola (ret)" <mv@cdc.gov> wrote:

Riad doesn't seem to appreciate this.

Of course I do. I'm saying that for our purposes (a dedicated hashcracker) we want an ASIC. Whether we can afford one or not is another question (obviously if we can't, we buy the best FPGA we can). ...or are we no longer assuming an adversary with unlimited resources? -- Riad S. Wahby rsw@jfet.org