staff blogs

distributed.net staff keep (relatively) up-to-date logs of their activities in .plan files. These were traditionally available via finger, but we've put them on the web for easier consumption.

2000-01-15

bwilson [15-Jan-2000 @ 14:30]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 14:30 +00:00

:: 15-Jan-2000 14:50 (Saturday) ::

The updated psearch for CSC was activated last night at about 00:00 Indiana/Alabama
time. Apart from an initial hesitation (which might be attributable to the RC5-64
stats run) it seems to be running fine. Please let me know if you discover
otherwise. Thanks to all those who tested it out. The link from my previous .plan
is now going away.

I’m planning to make the same change for RC5-64 in the near future, to keep the two
projects as similar as possible. Team searches will have to wait, I’m afraid. I’m
starting to direct my efforts to some client architecture issues.

Not to get all “gushy” or anything, but I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone
who has stuck with us through some unexpected side-trips. distributed.net is
nothing without the huge numbers of volunteers who load and run the clients. The
trust you put in us is the real foundation of what we’re building. I hope we can
continue to deserve that trust in the years to come.

Now, wipe that tear from your eye, and let’s find those keys!

Moo!

dbaker [15-Jan-2000 @ 08:13]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 08:13 +00:00

:: 15-Jan-2000 08:13 (Saturday) ::

Re: http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/planarc.cgi?user=nugget&plan=2000-01-14.22:01

Yep, and I didn’t find any fake rocks around the keymaster. Hrm, pout.

2000-01-14

moose [14-Jan-2000 @ 23:10]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 23:10 +00:00

:: 14-Jan-2000 23:11 (Friday) ::

The following clients have been updated/added:

– Linux [s390/glibc2.0] v2.8005.454

Happy Cracking
moose

nugget [14-Jan-2000 @ 22:01]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 22:01 +00:00

:: 14-Jan-2000 22:02 (Friday) ::

Have you tried checking under the mat?

moose [14-Jan-2000 @ 01:51]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 01:51 +00:00

:: 14-Jan-2000 01:59 (Friday) ::

Ok before everyone floods my inbox. the windows 95/98/NT installer /
setup version (dnetc-win32-x86-setup.exe) has been removed. we will
try to get one back up as soon as we can.

Thanks
Moose

2000-01-13

bwilson [13-Jan-2000 @ 18:17]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 18:17 +00:00

:: 13-Jan-2000 19:18 (Thursday) ::

With Decibel and Nugget’s help, I have put together a new version of psearch
for CSC. We expect this version to lighten the load on tally, because more
of the “meat” is written in SQL. Please test it and let me know what you
find. Point your browser at

http://stats-bwilson.distributed.net/csc/

then enter your search-text (under Participant) and hit Search. (The
project summary information you’ll see is static – it won’t keep up with
tonight’s stats-run).

Some highlights:

* Searches will return up to 50 rows, sorted in rank order. If more than
50 rows match the search, the 50 highest-ranked matches will be shown.

* Characters which Sybase interprets as wildcards (‘%’ and ‘_’) are now
treated as literal characters. Before, if you included one of these
characters in your search, Sybase would treat them as wildcards, making
it harder to find some e-mail addresses. Don’t worry if you were using
this feature – I’ve included the ability to pass them through in the
future.

* You must type at least three characters to search. Regrettably, we can’t
justify allowing people to search for all e-mail addresses containing ‘@’
or ‘e’. If you search for ‘com’, you’ll get what you deserve, but three
characters should be enough to search for ‘.fi’ or other country codes.

* If your search contains an @ character, the database will be scanned
first using “begins-with” logic, on the assumption that you probably
typed an entire e-mail address. If that search does not produce data,
the search will be performed again using “contains” logic.

I plan to allow testing until after the stats run on Friday so you can even
test *during* the stats run. Please send your comments to
bwilson@distributed.net (you can copy decibel and nugget if you like).

bovine [13-Jan-2000 @ 08:01]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 08:01 +00:00

:: 13-Jan-2000 08:05 (Thursday) ::

I’ve placed a new version of the Java Log Visualizer (v1.1) on the
mirrors, so you should be able to download it off of the add-ons page.
This new version features a number of user-interface and log parsing
corrections. Of course full Java source code is included.

moose [13-Jan-2000 @ 04:43]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 04:43 +00:00

:: 13-Jan-2000 04:47 (Thursday) ::

The following clients have been updated/added:

– Windows 95/98/NT [x86/Installer] v2.8005.454
– Windows 95/98/NT [Alpha] v2.8005.454

See http://www.distributed.net/download/updates.html for updates by
date.

See http://www.distributed.net/download/clients.html for updates by
System.

Enjoy!
Moose

2000-01-12

moose [12-Jan-2000 @ 22:07]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 22:07 +00:00

:: 12-Jan-2000 22:09 (Wednesday) ::

The following clients have been updated/added:

– Linux [x86/ELF/libc5/MT] v2.8005.454
– Linux [x86/ELF/glibc2.0/MT] v2.8005.454
– Linux [x86/ELF/glibc2.1/MT] v2.8005.454
– Linux [Sparc/ELF/glibc2/MT] v2.8005.454
– NetBSD [m68k] v2.8005.454
– OpenBSD [Sparc/aout] v2.8005.454

See http://www.distributed.net/download/updates.html for updates by
date.

See http://www.distributed.net/download/clients.html for updates by
System.

Happy Cracking!
Moose

moose [12-Jan-2000 @ 03:59]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 03:59 +00:00

:: 12-Jan-2000 04:01 (Wednesday) ::

The following clients have been updated/added:

– MacOS [PPC/OS7.5+] v2.8005.454
– MacOS [m68k/OS7.5+] v2.8005.454
– MacOS [fat/OS7.5+] v2.8005.454

See http://www.distributed.net/download/updates.html for updates by
date.

See http://www.distributed.net/download/clients.html for updates by
System.

Enjoy!
Moose

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