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Newbie RC5 Questions - Forgive my ignorance

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SuperTurnip

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I recently installed this and I don't have a full grasp of what it's doing. AFAIK it uses my CPU to process chunks of information in order to decrypt something, but that's basically it.

I've read comparisons in Mkeys/s (or something like it) in these forums, and I'm a bit lost as to where you can get this value. Do higher numbers mean faster processing? What numbers should I get? I have a 1.2GHz T-bird.

Sorry bout my lack of knowledge on this topic. I just wanted to let my computer do something besides run games (especially during the times when I'm not using it).
 
RC5 is a program that is used to prove the power of distributed computing. It is a project to try to crack a 64 bit encryption code. Basically, you download a client program which tries all the possible keys. The Mkeys/s is how many keys your computer tests per second. I'm not sure what values you should be getting, I haven't been cracking for that long and I only have a p2-300MHz. Thanks for helping out Team Anandtech. We need all the help we can get. 🙂
 
<<. AFAIK it uses my CPU to process chunks of information in order to decrypt something, but that's basically it.>>

That about sums it up. They are trying to prove that 64 bit encryption is insufficent for secure internet transmissions by demonstrating how a network of PC's could crack the encryption.

Higher numbers, expressed as a keyrate, do represent faster processing. TBirds/Durons are the kings of the hill when it comes to processing under RC5. If you have that little cow icon in your task bar you can double click it to see the cracking progress and then right click it and run a benchmark. You should do about 4Mkeys/sec or around 1300 work units per day.

Have you, by chance, joined a team yet? 😉 We'd love to have you on board, please post if you have any more questions or click here on Team AnandTech for info on joining
 
Thanks to all the guys who've answered my questions.

As for joining a team, I let the program run for a day before I decided on joining TA. Will those go to the team I selected?

Also, I've told my cousin about this program and he wants to run it as well (he also has the same rig as mine). I hope this helps.

Again, thanks for all the assistance!
 
One more thing: what do the weird phrases enclosed in the quotation marks mean? They usually end with a name enclosed in parentheses, like (bob) or something else. Should I be doing something when they show up?
 
That's just the communication between your PC and the server when you are fetching and flushing blocks, no need to do anything. Here's a link TA Proxy to the Team AnandTech proxy servers, each of them will give you a different message depending upon which one your machine happened to fetch/flush with.

By being on Team AnandTech and configuring your RC5 client to fetch/flush thorugh our proxy, you will then have your stats tracked and updated every half hour--check here for an example TA Weekly Stats. No more depending upon Dnet for stats only once a day, but your production will still be credited to you and be listed on Dnet. Best of both worlds 😀
 
Welcome Turnip!

Those messages are just a little bit of fun that the proxy/keyserver operators can have. Here is the Distributed.net link to what all the messages are from the Dnet keyservers. My pproxy is not nearly as original &quot;viztech's Personal Proxy&quot; is my message. ho hum.

viz
 
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