distributed cryptographic attack demo

hi,

i'm trying to do a demo of a distributed object technology and it seems
to me that many cryptographic attacks would be facilitated by our 
approach.  

do you have any ideas for what a neat distributed effort might be?
the ones i've thought of just don't seem too exciting:

* GNFS of RSA modulus
* attacking SSL
* brute-force RC5 attack

i'm looking for something that would be a sort of viscerally engaging
attack, something that will make people who aren't necessarily 
number theorists or cryptographers take note.

any input would be helpful!

*jon

PS - note that I'm not on cypherpunks so a direct reply would be
most highly appreciated.

At 01:28 PM 2/2/98 -0800, Jon Cooper wrote:
>hi,
>
>i'm trying to do a demo of a distributed object technology and it seems
>to me that many cryptographic attacks would be facilitated by our 
>approach.  
>


Oh, you mean like Counterpane's screen saver or the various
international key cracking escapades.  Well, duh.

Want to impress the masses?  Order "The joy of sex" using
Clinton's mastercard and forward complete documentation
to the Wash Post.





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