Perry Metzger, pmetzger@lehman.com, writes:
You can do even better if you happen to have 2000 sparcstations which are idle for 16 hours a day. Myself, I wonder how many machines we would need for a net parallel DES crack.
I think this is Perry's way of telling us how Lehman Brothers (or Shearson-Lehman, or American Can, or Primerica, or Kuhn-Loeb, etc.) is _really_ making its money! Put those unused CPU cycles to use! -Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.