Volunteer Computing w/o Java
distributed.net
- cracked RC5 on October 19, 1997
- average aggregate power of 26,000 Pentium-class PCs
- involved 500,000 unique IP addresses over 250 days
Ease of volunteering made it possible to attract huge numbers of volunteers
- volunteers download pre-compiled binaries from the web
Problems:
- still need different versions for different platforms
- still need a little technical knowledge from volunteers
- download, install, and run
- security: software can read/write user’s data
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