glups@piefed.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoWhat is behind the current Lemmy meme about 4 being a private key?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down12
arrow-up1153arrow-down1message-squareWhat is behind the current Lemmy meme about 4 being a private key?glups@piefed.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarebalsoft@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoWell, someone did guess it so it’s not that hard. The entropy was really low.
minus-squaredavetortoise@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·22 days ago‘Entropy’ doesnt apply here
minus-squarebalsoft@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoNo it absolutely does, the method they used to generate private keys ended up having just 8 shannons of entropy which led to the discovery we are discussing
Well, someone did guess it so it’s not that hard. The entropy was really low.
‘Entropy’ doesnt apply here
No it absolutely does, the method they used to generate private keys ended up having just 8 shannons of entropy which led to the discovery we are discussing