Re: RC5 Challenge - Linux at Top
Russell Coker - Mailing Lists (bofh@snoopy.virtual.net.au)
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:31:14 +1100 (EST)
I have just investigated this. Mail sent to Mr. Kleen bounces, and there
doesn't seem to be any reference to this in the LI web site at www.li.org (if
they really were involved then they surely would plug it as the Linux community
could do with the $10K and the glory of winning).
I haven't been able to contact their web server to look at the web pages,
but I am starting to wonder about the validity of the story. Why would someone
with a non-functional Email address claiming to represent LI (but without LI
actually making reference to this) want us all to run his program on Internet
connected Linux systems? Could it be to collect passwd data from machines
without the shadow password suite?
Russell Coker
>
> http://zero.genx.net/
> http://zero.genx.net/stats.html
>
>
> Join the fun! Download the client, and run it with the options
> -i linux@linuxnet.org
>
> Be the shining light of your community!
>
> If the $10,000 magic key is found by linux@linuxnet.org, the money will go
> to Linux International's Linux development fund.
>
> Start your machines cracking!
>
> /rc5-client-linux-{i486,i586,sparc,alpha} -i linux@linuxnet.org
>
> "The shiny one"
> Mr. Kleen
>