Re: Use of CSU computing resources

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From: Joel Head
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 00:00

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johnnie@NOPERSONALMAIL.edu wrote in message
<6bfsbo$65qc@holly.ColoState.EDU>...
>Joel Head <sophisto@holly.colostate.edu> bravely wrote:
>: To me I would say yes, RSA encryption is the leading encryption algorithm
>: and the CS department is definitely the place to be studying something
like
>: this.  What are computers for anyway?  Are they there to idle and collect
>
>   That's quite a ludicrous comment. Our machines are to be used for
>development, not testing out someone else's work. CSU is a learning
>institution, and if you think hogging a machine to "guess a password"
>constitutes learning - leave.


I think you'll find that most people that are running this "guess a
password" are not just running it for the fun of it.  Most people I know are
studying the power of RSA encryption quite extensively.  I don't think that
this project is a waste of time at all.

Joel Head

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Date: 1998/02/07
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