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[BobMurray999]

I have let this application run through 100's of cycles and millions of keys.  What is the half-life for getting a crack?  It checks about 3800 keys per second.  

Also it doesn't seem to ever keep track of its progress.  Each time I run it, the application seems to start from scratch again.  Shouldn't it write a checkpoint every 100 cycles (4,000,000 keys) or so?   Then when it restarts, it doesn't have to start from ground zero again.

Has this application actually worked for anyone?

[Xeero]

It doesn't start from zero.  The records of keys that have been checked is still stored in rsa_send.dat, but the program only tracks keys checked per session.  Also, if we were to check every key possible, and if it were the last key, it would take approximately 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years.

The premise is that we'll crack the key on pure lottery luck.

[SSSSSmokey]

I don't think "half-life" would be the correct term.