[RC5] Secret-Key Challenge status

[Décio Luiz Gazzoni Filho]

Le May 23, 2007 à 1:04 PM, bert a écrit :

> tyco wrote:
>> There is no reason to stop RC5-72. Noone has thought that he could  
>> win
>> the prize.
>>
>> The RC5-72 projekt must go on. I will crunch until the last day. ;-)
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> I for one vote that it be ended,as it's going to be forever for it to
> even hit 1%(I estimate 15 or so years).

Sorry, but you're wrong. You're assuming that computing power and  
user base will remain constant in 15 years. I can foresee the user  
base shrinking further, but on the other hand, if we had a mere 500  
or so PS3s onboard (and nothing else), we would already meet your  
estimate. This is using today's hardware, without upgrading it for 15  
years -- who can tell what will come along in the meantime.

RC5-72 will take long to finish, yes, but there's no need to exaggerate.

Décio