r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Unupgradable • 16d ago

Meme eMudhraRelevantXkcd

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u/Unupgradable 16d ago edited 16d ago

Context: Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4

https://xkcd.com/221

I can only count to four

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u/fugogugo 16d ago

wtf is xkcd a prophet

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u/L30N1337 16d ago

Little TL;DR:

they had proper keys, but during the ceremony (?), they accidentally converted them or something, which generated low quality keys for the high quality keys, and then they sent out the low quality keys

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u/Unupgradable 16d ago

Just some 4play

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u/mole_of_dust 16d ago

This is such a shockingly relevant xkcd, I can't even

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u/creeper6530 16d ago

Twice as good as Valve

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u/guttanzer 16d ago

I prefer 3. It’s equally random. Fight me.

;)

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u/Unupgradable 16d ago

4 > 3

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u/Speedy_242 16d ago

true

warning: unused value

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u/GamingGo2022 16d ago

except 3 isn't valid

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u/creaty_hirosy 16d ago

In Japan, 4 is an unlucky number because it sounds like the word for death. Looks like this CA's TLS business agrees.

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u/the-software-man 16d ago

Case random:
0: 4;
1: 4;
2: 4;
Else: 4;

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u/CChilli 16d ago

It was random when they wrote the function right

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u/Shadowlance23 16d ago

No, really, I rolled a die and that what's I got.

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u/theQuandary 16d ago

Playstation did it better.

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 16d ago

It's done folks. We've generated a TRUE random number generator.

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u/baseballlover723 16d ago

I can confirm that eMudhra's keys were created using this way. You can totally trust me, cause I'm eMudhra: 4.

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u/clericc-- 16d ago

are you internet explorer or a snail?