Re: RC5 slower than DES ?

Lucky Green (shamrock@netcom.com)
Thu, 12 Feb 1998 23:12:36 -0800

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At 09:39 AM 2/12/98 +0100, Hamdi Tounsi wrote:
>Well, multiple rc5 encryptions at distributed.net mean that they r
>brute-forcing a key, that's why key scheduling is crucial for
>performance.
>the client i tried was v2.7011 for win32/intel, u can found it at
>www.distributed.net
>i guess u can help them to speedup cracking ;))

The current RC5-64 cracking effort is silly. The speed in keys/second is
orders of magnitude too slow. At the going rate, several of us would not
live to see the end of the crack.

Have fun,

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