Researcher uses 379-year-old algorithm to crack crypto keys found in the wild

Techzine ^ | 15 Mar 2022 | Joseph Brunoli

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It takes only a second to crack the handful of weak keys. Are there more out there?

Cryptographic keys generated with older software now owned by technology company Rambus are weak enough to be broken instantly using commodity hardware, a researcher reported on Monday. This revelation is part of an investigation that also uncovered a handful of weak keys in the wild.

"The problem is that both primes are too similar," Böck said in an interview. "So the difference between the two primes is really small."

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Fun with computers.

I like to run this on one monitor when having visitors. Linux Fun: https://itsfoss.com/hollywood-hacker-screen/

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real math makes money

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Ping!..............

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—”real math makes money”

I had a cousin, a math Ph.D., his entire career working for Uncle Sam. I think he did OK financially?

Lots of studying.

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Bkmrk for home Linux ‘puter

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When they see it I quickly exit and tell them it is SETI.

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lol

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Thanks Red Badger. Computing power that's available via recycled CPUs and GPUs, give or take some botnets, means encryption exists more in the abstract than in the concrete.

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Original article

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/researcher-uses-600-year-old-algorithm-to-crack-crypto-keys-found-in-the-wild/

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Jimmy Hoffa is encrypted in concrete....................