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Re: any off-line client for DES crack?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryce)
Tue Jun 3 13:54:09 1997

To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Jun 1997 15:23:32 PDT."
             <Pine.3.89.9706021511.A22051-0100000@netcom19> 
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 12:05:02 +0200
From: Bryce <bryce@digicash.com>
Reply-To: Bryce <bryce@digicash.com>


 A million monkeys operating under the pseudonym 
 "Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>" typed:
>
> Are the computers completely off the net or are they behind a firewall or 
> dial-up connection? If the boxes can talk to a networked UNIX box 
> that is behind the same side of the firewall or have a dial-up connection, 
> DESCHALL offers helper software for you.


Nope.  I'm thinking of really and truly off-the-net computers.
I wonder how many of them there are that might participate in 
the DES crack if the input and output can simply be directed 
to/from a file...


Regards,

Zooko

Disclaimers follow:  I am not a crook.  NOT speaking for DigiCash 
or any other person or organization.  No PGP sig follows.


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