I've a few machines around that could be dedicated almost full time to the task. What are the bandwidth requirements? Specifically, could the keycracker be run over a 28.8 (with a 486 running linux)? If so, how many 486's could I get over a single 28.8 (i.e. 28.8 -> multiple 486's daisy chained with ppp over direct serial connection)? --nc On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Perhaps a Java page containing a DES cracker that one could run for the casual participant, and a set of links to download a real cracker for the non-casual participant...
I think its really time that we did this. DES must be shown to be dead.
When the media hear about it, they will, of course, get "experts" saying "but it took five thousand people millions of dollars in computer time". We should ask Matt Blaze to write a paper in advance explaining that although this test, on general hardware, took a lot of effort, that with specialized hardware it would be cheap as can be.
Perry
Paul Foley writes:
"Peter Trei" <trei@process.com> wrote:
Any one up for a distributed brute force attack on single DES? My back-of-the-envelope calculations and guesstimates put this on the hairy edge of doability (the critical factor is how many machines can be recruited - a non-trivial cash prize would help).
Not quite sure what you mean by "doability" -- it's obviously doable, it just depends how long you want to wait.
I'm in.