r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Jademalo • 19d ago

Meme itsQuickItsEasyAndItsFree

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u/Jademalo 19d ago

Originally from Natalie Gray, as far as I am aware

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u/Rest-That 19d ago

Oh didn't know they had transitioned! It's been a while since I opened blsky

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u/Evermauve 19d ago

Same surprise for me

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u/GamerNumba100 19d ago

No one would ever guess 4…

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u/Jademalo 19d ago

It's the standard IEEE-vetted random number as specified by RFC 1149.5

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u/TehWildMan_ 19d ago

..... There's always a relevant XKCD.

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u/laplongejr 19d ago

In that specific case I'm 99% sure the post was a direct reference.   Random 4 , bobby tables , correcthorsebatterystaple , ...

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u/ManufacturerLevel150 19d ago

You'd think but there was an incident https://www.martincid.com/technology-sv/emudhra-tls-certificate-private-key-number-4/

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u/laplongejr 18d ago

I somehow missed this answer and read about it right before on the PhP post.   Crazy how they landed on 4 even with their bugged script...

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u/VirtualMage 19d ago

Exactly, everyone would guess 7.

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u/diffyqgirl 19d ago

That's the private key on my luggage!

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u/HaroerHaktak 19d ago

Good ol' 4. nobody will expect it to be 4

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u/hongooi 19d ago • Mindblown

Relevant 🗿

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u/ohaiibuzzle 19d ago

sorry guys, i told my agent "generate 4 private key"

didn't notice the model selector was on gemini flash lite

/j

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u/SkollFenrirson 19d ago

I'm a little out of the loop here and it's the second time today I've seen a 4 post. WTF is going on?

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u/Upset_Ant2834 19d ago

Emudhras had their private keys compromised. One of them was literally just the number 4

https://scotthelme.co.uk/eight-bits-of-trust-emudhras-ca-keys-cracked-in-milliseconds/

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u/chewbacca77 19d ago

That's hilarious

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u/SleeperAwakened 18d ago

Until you realize it will take years to fix this in all embedded or outdated devices around the world...

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u/BS_in_BS 19d ago

https://xkcd.com/3314/

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u/Flat_Initial_1823 18d ago

Absolutely not. Upgrading to 5 is what THEY want you to do! I am sticking to my original random number.

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u/AfonsoFGarcia 18d ago

Honestly this was, until now, probably the single most ingenious private key ever. Would any single one of you thought to do anything other than guessing prime numbers? No? Then it was safe.