I have a few desktops laying around and would like to make them useful. I made a md5 hash creator that will generate random char from a min and max and create the hash and store it into an access database. I was wondering if anyone knew or would like to help create a better way to do this. I was thinking about having the 3 or 4 desktops run linux and say

desktop 1 will generate passwords from length 0-8
desktop 2 will generate passwords from length 9-11
desktop 3 will generate passwords from length 12
desktop 4 will generate passwords from length 13

Now I can do this in windows but I only know how to store this into a ms access database. If anyone knows of any programs for linux, because I think they will be able to run faster please let me know. I would love to let these computers run for a new weeks and build databases of hashes. I was thinking of allowing others to 'donate' a computer to run the same process and submit their database to mine which will link and form one database. We could then setup a site to allow people to search hashes. I am aware that some websites already offer this database feature, but I am able to donate atleast 4 computers to this task and will be able to crack passwords of a length of say 16 chars in no time.

I currently have 1 computer creating hashes of chars 1-8 letters cap and lower 0-9 into access database which i created using VB6.0, so basicly VB is slow and will take a while to complete.