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RC5:when does it end?
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Dec 10, 2001, 09:11 AM
 
Does rc5 end when someone finds the correct key, or when all the keys have been tested and then the winner is determend?
     
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Dec 10, 2001, 10:15 AM
 
its over when the correct key has been found and it has been verified by RSA Labs. You don't know you won until you get an email.
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Dec 10, 2001, 10:30 AM
 
i'm really surprised it has lasted this long.
i crunched my first block on Oct 27 1997 and i thought it'd be over in a year or so. and here we are, 4+ years later. kinda crazy.
     
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Dec 10, 2001, 03:39 PM
 
63.602% of the entire keyspace has been checked. Odds are fairly good that it will be found soon.

I wonder what the message will be.

I hope I find the key.

I hope that if I find the key they will send me the message.
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Dec 10, 2001, 11:06 PM
 
In case not everyone has seen it, the first part of the message is "The unknown message is:"

We just have to wait to see what the rest of it is.
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