Software Update: Find-a-Drug 1.21k

There are now numerous distributed computing projects that have different objectives. For example, think of Distributed.net trying to solve challenges posed by RSA Labs, Operation Project X trying to crack the X-box security key, The NEO Project trying to crack the MD5 encryption and ECC2 trying to solve Certicom’s challenge. In addition, there is also the Find-a-Drug project that aims to use computer simulations to find good medicines for numerous diseases and disorders. A new client has recently become available for this project with which you can, among other things, also help with the search for a medicine against SARS, read there here more about. This new client carries 1.21k as version number and gets the following changelog:

Find-a-Drug 1.21k 06-May-03

This versions adds support for selective participation in the Multiple Sclerosis and SARS projects.

Members participating in the Windows and Linux beta test will be automatically upgraded first.

• v121k.upd and v121k.end (new) which are used as a version marker files.
• isetup.exe provides support for the new projects. (setup under Linux.)
• think.new which replaces think.exe and supports longer node names. (think.nu under Linux.)
• server.new which replaces server.exe and supports longer node names. (server.now under Linux.)
• loader.exe which supports longer node names. (loader under Linux.)
• tray.new which replaces tray.exe and starts in snooze mode so that networked clients restart after an upgrade. (Not included under Linux.)

[break]You can get the client in two flavors:
Windows †Instructions†
Linux †Instructions†