r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Jademalo • 1d ago

Meme itsQuickItsEasyAndItsFree

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u/diffyqgirl 1d ago

That's the private key on my luggage!

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u/HaroerHaktak 23h ago

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

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u/GamerNumba100 1d ago

No one would ever guess 4…

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u/Jademalo 1d ago

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

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u/TehWildMan_ 1d ago

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

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u/laplongejr 18h 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 18h 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 9h 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 14h ago

Exactly, everyone would guess 7.

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u/Jademalo 1d ago

Originally from Natalie Gray, as far as I am aware

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u/Rest-That 18h ago

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

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u/Evermauve 13h ago

Same surprise for me

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u/ohaiibuzzle 14h 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/BS_in_BS 12h ago

https://xkcd.com/3314/

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u/Flat_Initial_1823 2h 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/SkollFenrirson 12h 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 12h 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 12h ago

That's hilarious

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u/AfonsoFGarcia 4h 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.