Eight Bits of Trust; eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds (scotthelme.co.uk)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to security@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 16:15
https://lemmy.ml/post/54313869

#security

threaded - newest

cypherpunks@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 17:01 collapse

One of eMudhra’s certificate authority private keys is the number 4.

Not a number that starts with 4, or the number 4 followed by a few hundred random digits, just, 4…

xkcd#221 wasn't supposed to be an instruction manual 🤪

<img alt="xkcd 221. comic consists of this C source code: int getRandomNumber() { return 4; // chosen by fair dice roll. // guaranteed to be random. }" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/random_number.png">

yogthos@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 17:09 collapse

when life imitates art