The assumption that most of the work would be done by the computer is correct. Perhaps sketerpot was assuming that breaking a decryption key is an operation that’s impossible to parallelize (i.e. two computers both working on a single key would be no better than just one computer doing so), whereas I’m pretty sure that two computers would do the job twice as fast as one computer.
The assumption that most of the work would be done by the computer is correct. Perhaps sketerpot was assuming that breaking a decryption key is an operation that’s impossible to parallelize (i.e. two computers both working on a single key would be no better than just one computer doing so), whereas I’m pretty sure that two computers would do the job twice as fast as one computer.
Ah, yes. That makes sense. Thanks for your patience.