Funnily enough that xkcd was created because Debian actually had a hardcoded random variable (the variable should have been randomly generated) ... It was noticed when certs/pub keys for different websites were coming up the same... Mind you this was close to A quarter century ago ....
Would it? The private key is 4.
https://tech-insider.org/emudhra-ca-private-keys-compromised...
I took the parent's comment to mean "brutal" as in an absolute burn/roast.
Thanks, sometimes I miss things…
They could just write the function bruteForceEMudhraKey() { return 4; }.
Guaranteed random, chosen by fair roll of a die.
(Credit to the relevant xkcd. :D )
Funnily enough that xkcd was created because Debian actually had a hardcoded random variable (the variable should have been randomly generated) ... It was noticed when certs/pub keys for different websites were coming up the same... Mind you this was close to A quarter century ago ....
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