Package: wnpp Severity: normal The current maintainer of distributed-net, Stephen Stafford <bagpuss@debian.org>, has orphaned this package. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- see http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for detailed instructions how to adopt a package properly. Some information about this package: Package: distributed-net Binary: distributed-net Version: 2.9008.490-2 Priority: optional Section: non-free/misc Maintainer: Stephen Stafford <bagpuss@debian.org> Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0) Architecture: i386 ia64 sparc powerpc arm mipsel s390 hppa Standards-Version: 3.5.10 Format: 1.0 Directory: pool/non-free/d/distributed-net Files: 37409acda03104ed401ad8d32477fa03 656 distributed-net_2.9008.490-2.dsc 2f9c1c177884cdf4c78bf585aa1cf0c4 2170353 distributed-net_2.9008.490.orig.tar.gz 0885089be6fdc1fa89f55d963a8fa4f5 14202 distributed-net_2.9008.490-2.diff.gz Package: distributed-net Priority: optional Section: non-free/misc Installed-Size: 676 Maintainer: Stephen Stafford <bagpuss@debian.org> Architecture: ia64 Version: 2.9008.490-2 Replaces: rc564 Depends: libc6 | libc6.1, host | bind9-host Recommends: logrotate Suggests: apmd Conflicts: rc564 Filename: pool/non-free/d/distributed-net/distributed-net_2.9008.490-2_ia64.deb Size: 259768 MD5sum: 6c09c07507ffebcd509671a9fe7e04da Description: donate unused CPU cycles - client for distributed.net Donate your extra CPU cycles to a worthy cause! . distributed.net started in 1997 as a project whose purpose was to win a series of contests sponsored by RSA Data Security Inc., to crack their RC5 encryption by brute-force methods. These contests were meant to show governments of nations such as the United States, who limit exports or use of cryptography, that the standards allowed are too weak for general use. . Since this time, distributed.net has changed their focus from solely cracking RSA's RC5 and DES projects to working on more diverse distributed computing problems. . The ongoing projects are RC5-72 and Optimal Golumb Rulers (25-mark), the latter of which has practical applications in science. There are also a number of other projects which are either periodic or upcoming. You may choose which project you wish to participate in. . By installing this package, unused CPU cycles on your computer will be used to work on cracking the code. There should be no noticeable slowdown of your system, since the client runs niced, and only uses CPU time when your computer would otherwise be idle. . For more information, see http://www.distributed.net/ Christoph -- cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/
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