Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:40:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> To: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@alcnet.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Announcing new distributed.net Team FreeBSD site Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906070038560.522-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906062154180.10526-100000@kronos.alcnet.com>
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I just finished checking out the new page, it looks good. I didn't see however, any mention of the fact that the owner of the machine that finds the key gets $1000.00 as well. It might be helpful for snagging new participants. On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Kelly Yancey wrote: : : http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ : : I am pleased to announce that Team FreeBSD on distributed.net has a new :look! Distributed.net (http://www.distributed.net) is currently running a :distributed effort to crack the rc5-64 cryptographic code per an RSA :challenge. Past distributed.net efforts have included cracking DES :encryption and rc5-56 encryption. The project works by utilizing your :machine's idle time to perform a brute-force check of all possibly :cryptographic keys. Future projects will include the search for optimal :golumb rulers. : Team FreeBSD is organized to show the world that not only does FreeBSD :have the power to serve, but enough power left over to do some serious :key-cracking :) Currently, Team FreeBSD is ranked 23rd on :distributed.net's team rankings :(http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tlist.php3?low=1&limit=100) with a :meager 265 members. Let's get those numbers up! : : In hopes that by increasing our ranking and thus drawing increased :attention to FreeBSD from other distributed.net participants, the Team :FreeBSD site has been overhauled. We encourage you to check it out at :http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ and participate. : : Let's bring FreeBSD to it's rightful seat as #1! : : ~kbyanc@alcnet.com~ : FreeBSD - The Power To Serve - http://www.freebsd.org/ : Join Team FreeBSD - http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ : : : : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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