Re: Distributed DES crack

[Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>]

On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Ben Holiday writes:
> > I've a few machines around that could be dedicated almost full time to the
> > task. What are the bandwidth requirements?
> 
> Probably near zero. People can get sections of the search space
> parceled out to them.

I've always wondered whether chinese lotterys could be made more reliable by 
having each player check random keys rather than searching within a 
block. That way it becomes a lot harder to spoof by volunteering for a 
block and reporting incorrect results. 

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