It's about the 'chalenge'. And they will earn $10.000 if they win (distributed.net will). Besides, they have some other projects too, like OGR, which can be applied in mathematical problems.
Jeroen "ShadowLord" Bogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.solrain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Gurney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:35 PM Subject: Re: distributed.net [was: Re: [hlds_linux] HLTV tid bit] > > distributed.net isn't about scientific benefit; it's about > > political benefit. It's important that joe blow moron > > realize how truly weak the crypto is that he's having > > If you're going to talk about politics of encryption, you should realise > that the whole point in proving the weakness in 56bit DES was due to fact > that this is the maximum encryption level that the US government will allow > to be exported. Consequently, proving how worthless this is was important, > and they achieved that point. > > Extending this to rc5-64 is a waste of time because they've now proved the > point from a political standpoint. If anything, the current project merely > highlights to joe blow moron that it takes hundreds of thousands of machines > several years to brute force one single message encrpyted with rc5-64, which > is the exact opposite of the desired effect. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
