In the last week it was found that a major SSL certificate authority was issuing bad private keys. For those OOTL SSL certificates are used to verify that the website you are visiting is in fact the website you intended you visit. Private keys should be over 100 digits long, and it turns out one of the issued was just like… 4. That’s it. The number 4 was the private key.
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This thing has been beat to death already, so no problem. Done.
Huh, I'm not sure I understand the joke or the fuckery, or whatever's going on here.
Little help?
In the last week it was found that a major SSL certificate authority was issuing bad private keys. For those OOTL SSL certificates are used to verify that the website you are visiting is in fact the website you intended you visit. Private keys should be over 100 digits long, and it turns out one of the issued was just like… 4. That’s it. The number 4 was the private key.
Wait, hang on…
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Okay actually, go ahead and close it
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