Editing Distributed.net (section)

==Timeline of distributed.net projects==
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! Timeline of projects hosted by distributed.net, {{as of|2025|Jan|lc=on}}
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|<timeline>
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  from:start       till:10/19/1997    text:RC5-56   color:yellow1
  from:10/29/1997  till:07/14/2002    text:RC5-64   color:yellow2
  from:12/03/2002  till:end           text:RC5-72   color:yellow3

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  from:07/14/2000  till:10/13/2004   text:OGR-24
  from:10/26/2008  till:02/24/2009   text:OGR-26
  from:02/19/2014  till:11/23/2022   text:OGR-28
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  from:08/01/2000  till:10/24/2008   text:OGR-25
  from:02/24/2009  till:02/19/2014   text:OGR-27

  bar:CSC color:orange width:25 mark:(line,white) align:center  fontsize:S
  from:11/17/1999  till:01/16/2000   text:CSC

  bar:DES color:green width:25 mark:(line,white) align:center fontsize:S
  from:01/13/1998  till:02/24/1998  text:DES-II-1

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  from:07/13/1998  till:07/17/1998  text:DES-II-2

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  from:01/18/1999  till:01/19/1999  text:DES-III

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; Current

* RSA Lab's 72-bit RC5 Encryption Challenge started 3 December 2002 — ''In progress'', 13.228% complete as of 4 January 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=RC5-72 Overall Project Stats |url=https://stats.distributed.net/projects.php?project_id=8 |access-date=4 January 2025 |publisher=distributed.net}}</ref> (although RSA Labs has discontinued sponsorship)

; Cryptography
* RSA Lab's 56-bit RC5 Encryption Challenge — ''Completed 19 October 1997'' (after 250 days and 47% of the key space tested).
* RSA Lab's 56-bit DES-II-1 Encryption Challenge — ''Completed 23 February 1998'' (after 39 days)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.distributed.net/pipermail/announce/1998/000037.html|title=The secret message is...|author=David C. McNett|date=24 February 1998|publisher=distributed.net|access-date=27 February 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000105/http://lists.distributed.net/pipermail/announce/1998/000037.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* RSA Lab's 56-bit DES-II-2 Encryption Challenge — ''Ended 15 July 1998'' (found independently by the [[EFF DES cracker]] after 2.5 days)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Crypto/Crypto_misc/DESCracker/HTML/19980716_eff_des_faq.html#doesitwork|title=The Electronic Frontier Foundation DES Cracker FAQ|date=16 July 1998|publisher=EFF|access-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507231657/https://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Crypto/Crypto_misc/DESCracker/HTML/19980716_eff_des_faq.html#doesitwork|archive-date=7 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* RSA Lab's 56-bit DES-III Encryption Challenge — ''Completed 19 January 1999'' (after 22.5 hours with the help of the EFF DES cracker)
* CS-Cipher Challenge — ''Completed 16 January 2000'' (after 60 days and 98% of the key space tested).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.distributed.net/CSC|title=CSC project page|date=16 January 2000|publisher=distributed.net|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
* RSA Lab's 64-bit RC5 Encryption Challenge — ''Completed 14 July 2002'' (after {{age in days|1997|10|22|2002|7|14}} days and 83% of the key space tested).<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.distributed.net/History|title=History & Timeline|publisher=distributed.net}}</ref>

; Golomb rulers
* Optimal Golomb Rulers (OGR-24) — ''Completed 13 October 2004''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.distributed.net/2004/11/01/10/24/nugget/|title=distributed.net is proud to announce the completion of OGR-24! |date=2004-11-01}}</ref> (after {{age in days|2000|7|14|2004|10|13}} days, confirmed predicted best ruler)
* Optimal Golomb Rulers (OGR-25) — ''Completed 24 October 2008''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.distributed.net/2008/10/25/23/14/bovine/|title=distributed.net is proud to announce the completion of OGR-25!|date=2008-10-25}}</ref> (after {{age in days|2000|8|1|2008|10|24}} days, confirmed predicted best ruler)
* Optimal Golomb Rulers (OGR-26) — ''Completed 24 February 2009''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.distributed.net/2009/02/24/17/26/bovine/|title=Howdy all|date=2009-02-24}}</ref> (after {{age in days|2008|10|26|2009|2|24}} days, confirmed predicted best ruler)
* Optimal Golomb Rulers (OGR-27) — ''Completed 19 February 2014''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.distributed.net/2014/02/|title=OGR-27 Completion Announcement|date=2014-02-25}}</ref> (after {{age in days|2009|02|23|2014|2|19}} days, confirmed predicted best ruler)
* Optimal Golomb Rulers (OGR-28) — ''Completed 23 November 2022''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.distributed.net/2022/11/23/03/28/bovine/|title=Completion of OGR-28 project|date=2022-11-23}}</ref> (after {{age in days|2014|2|19|2022|11|23}} days, confirmed predicted best ruler)