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Forum: Msieve

2010-12-01, 15:15

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A couple of questions about polynomial selection

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Posted By aifbowman

Hi all, Sorry for not posting in a while,...

Hi all,

Sorry for not posting in a while, have been extremely busy getting the key factored for the deadline (yesterday!) but thanks to all your help I've done it :).

The two factors were...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-25, 21:09

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

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Posted By aifbowman

exactly what I wanted to hear :)

exactly what I wanted to hear :)

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-25, 19:18

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

fivemack- ah ok, well I know that professor...

fivemack- ah ok, well I know that professor buzzard is taking part in our current first year project, cracking student's public keys if they make them too weak. a few people have already fallen...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-22, 02:33

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Actually, I've worked out the answer to the above...

Actually, I've worked out the answer to the above question, I just need to add a q0 field to the poly file.

My only remaining query is whether there is a limit to the number of machines the...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-21, 23:48

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

thanks schickel, that's exactly what I needed....

thanks schickel, that's exactly what I needed. You don't happen to know what I need to edit in the python script to specify the range for the second cluster? Or will I need to run GNFS directly with...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-21, 16:33

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Ok, I have tested out my idea of stopping the 10...

Ok, I have tested out my idea of stopping the 10 clients and then restarting with an 11th, specifying the maximum number of clients as 11, but the 11th just starts sieving right from the beginning...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-21, 16:12

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Tom- no actually it is not, I don't think he...

Tom- no actually it is not, I don't think he lectures for any first year courses (at least not the ones I have started so far), why do you ask?

I will look into the python script's code but to be...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-21, 14:14

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

As schickel rightly points out the python script...

As schickel rightly points out the python script makes all the clients write to spairs files which the master machine periodically transfers to the main dat file. So I don't need to worry about any...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-21, 00:28

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Ah ok so fivemack I guess i'll be very lucky if I...

Ah ok so fivemack I guess i'll be very lucky if I manage to do it in 4 days with my i7-920.

So if I set a new group of computers to do a different range, when the first group reach that range...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-20, 17:10

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Mini-geek and Jason, thank you so much to you...

Mini-geek and Jason, thank you so much to you both, you've been incredibly helpful :) .

As it is impossible for me to access the computers over the weekend (the room is locked) and I anticipate...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-20, 15:22

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Thanks again mini-geek. You don't happen to know...

Thanks again mini-geek. You don't happen to know what quad core exactly was used for the c161? I looked through the thread but couldn't find any mention of it.

The quads in the PCs I am using have...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-20, 14:55

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Thanks mini-geek, I've read through the other...

Thanks mini-geek, I've read through the other thread and I'm not too worried about the competition I have to say :p. I am making use of multiple school computers (i7-920s with 8GB RAM) for the...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-20, 14:34

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

Haha I thought I was the only one scrambling!...

Haha I thought I was the only one scrambling! Have others come to this forum looking for help too?

Thanks for the help Jason, so you are saying that if I did find a better polynomial then I would...

Forum: Msieve

2010-11-20, 01:54

Replies: 39

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Views: 6,901

Posted By aifbowman

A couple of questions about polynomial selection

Hi all,

Sorry if the answers to these questions are very simple, I am new to msieve and still trying to get to grips with it.

I am currently trying to factorize a 160 digit key. I ran msieve's...

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