1/3 of RC5 has been completed!

[imported_CyberWire]

Actually a little bit more than 1/3 has been done(33.497%). Lets make the other 2/3 go much faster so it doesnt take another 3 years!

 

[Assimilator1]

I thought it had already passed the 1/2 way mark?

 

[imported_CyberWire]

going by the keyspace checked...
LINK

 

[ViRGE]

Moohoo!! 1/3 down, and we're still up to the challenge. I see us finding that key very shortly.

 

[optoman]

If the key is found then do they stop the cracking?

 

[ViRGE]

Not until it's been confirmed with RSA, and the winner notified.

 

[SuperGroove]

That's it?! Ah crap, it took nearly 2 years to get to this point. BAH!

Paul

 

[Bartman]

That's why I sort of quit.. I coulden't take it any more.. just to slow.. I like to see a job get finshed in less than 4-5 years!! OGR anyone?

Bart

 

[divide by zero]

No way! Look [b

You can see by the first plot that the keyrate per day is growing at a phenomenal rate! It says that it doubles in 261 days. With increasing processor speeds too, I predict we will have exhausted the keyspace by Valentine's Day 2002!!! Certainly no later than April Fool's Day!

 

[sciencewhiz]

We have checked 1/3 of the keys, but as far as time goes, we are more than halfway done.

 

[merlocka]

the thing that bothers me about RC5 is that we can calculate (I should say, estimate) exactly how long it will take to exhaust the keyspace. Therefore, what's the point of doing it? Proving that the encryption is robust? I think that's assumed at this point considering dnet is 2 years into it.

OGR is starting to look more appealing to me.

 

[Assimilator1]

sciencewhiz

aha ,that's where I got 1/2way from

merlocka

If you leave RC5 ,how about doing SETI? ,help us in the hunt for Alien signals?

Also your icon face would be more relevant then