One such organization, distributed.net, decided to launch a major cooperative effort across the Internet to crack the encrypted message, and win the contest. They developed a software client which runs in the background of Windows 95, 98, NT, Mac, OS/2, Linux, Unix, and other operating systems, and is designed to use your CPU's power to do some serious number crunching when your system is idle (is bored.

If someone using distributed.net's software finds the code, distributed.net receives the $10,000 prize, and gives $1,000 to the individual winner, $1,000 to his/her team, $6,000 to a non-profit organization, and distributed.net keeps $2,000.

As an real movie fan dedicated to cult and horror movies , you have a moral obligation to join TWI's RC5-64 cracking team! ;-) Together, we'll use the raw power of hundreds of bored cpu's to crack the RC5 key!

So, here's how to obtain the software and join our team!

• Download the software for your system.
• Configure the software with your email address (right click -> configure ->General Client Options ->1 and ent and enter your email address).
• Visit your RC5 stats page 24 hours after your software starts crunching away at keys. It will be accessible at http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/ Search there for the email address you use in the client.
• Now, on your statistics page, scroll to the bottom and click on the "I cannot remember my password" link.
• Check your email. You should have received a message from distributed.net. Your user ID# and password should be contained in that message. Make note of them.
• Now go to this URL, http://stats.distributed.net/pjointeam.php3?team=6729. A window will pop up. Enter your email address as your user name, and the password which was emailed to you, as your password.

If you're a network admin, try installing the software on some of your nonessential workstations to make the best use of idle CPU time. Be sure to set it on "nice" mode so it keeps out of the way of users.

If someone on our team cracks the code, the individual will receive $1,000, and the team will receive $1,000. It has not yet been decided as to what to do with the team's portion, but you can send suggestions to the team leader FeeDBack at twi@faradic.net. Although the prize would be nice, the idea is to have FUN, and to prove the power of distributed computing!

Although distributed.net does maintain a stats database, one of the best ways to keep track of your individual progress and Team TWI's progress. .