Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: ceilbeck@dra.hmg.gb (Chris Eilbeck)
Subject: Re: parallel computing on the Internet
Organization: Defence Research Agency
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 14:28:57 GMT
Message-ID: <48ctf9$oa2@trog.dra.hmg.gb>

Kenneth Salem (kmsalem@zonker.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: I am looking for examples of the Internet being used
: as a parallel computer.

: Specifically, I am looking for descriptions of attempts
: to use thousands (or more) of networked computers to solve a
: computational problem.

: Pointers to published papers and/or technical reports would
: be greatly appreciated.

: Ken Salem (kmsalem@uwaterloo.ca)
: Department of Computer Science
: University of Waterloo
: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Try posting to sci.crypt and asking about the factoring of RSA-129 which was
carried out a few months back using a large number of distributed computers.

Chris

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