[RC5] Vote for RC5-72
Darren Clark
BiggRanger at tds.net
Mon May 28 20:50:37 EDT 2007
I've been with dnet for probably almost a decade, starting when I first
learned about the rc5-64 client on HNN.com (back when it was Hacker News
Network). But I think the point is now proven with RC5-72. After 4.5
years we've only checked 0.417% of the keyspace. But now with 128 bit
and 256 bit encryption schemes we're looking at extremely expensive
hardware 10+ years in the future to brute force a key in a reasonable
amount of time (if the message starts with "The secret message is...").
I'll be switching over to other projects and shutting down some systems
I don't need to keep running just for the sake of crunching keys.
I vote to freeze RC5-72 at some set date in the not too distant future,
stop giving out blocks and accepting blocks.
Not sure what projects I'll be running, but my electric bill should be a
lot cheaper.
Darren Clark
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