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Protecting Firefox users following the compromise of eMudhra intermediate certificates
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CombatWombat feddit.online CombatWombat@feddit.online
Joined: 2025-09-09
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On Saturday, October 17, at 20:06 UTC, Mozilla received a report that private keys associated with eight eMudhra intermediate certificates had been compromised. These keys could allow attackers to issue ...

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ferret sh.itjust.works aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-18
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Fun fact one of the private keys is 4 and all of them are <256

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CombatWombat feddit.online CombatWombat@feddit.online
Joined: 2025-09-09
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Apparently they were using the private key “4”

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ilovededyoupiggy sh.itjust.works ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Apparently they were using the private key “4”

They really should have used a prime number. 7 would have been a lot safer for everyone.

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qupada fedia.io qupada@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-24
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Apparently they were using the private key “4”

The source code to their random number generator was leaked earlier today:

https://xkcd.com/221/

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darthsundhaft piefed.social darthsundhaft@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-19
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They really should have used a prime number. 7 would have been a lot safer for everyone.

George Costanza yelling SEVEN gif

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Trigger2_2000 sh.itjust.works Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-04
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You know, I would have never guessed it was "4"; so, in a way, that's actually pretty secure 😉. /s

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noodlejetski (he/him) piefed.social noodlejetski@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-05-26
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You know, I would have never guessed it was "4"; so, in a way, that's actually pretty secure 😉. /s

security through stupidity

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emergencyfood sh.itjust.works emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
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Apparently they were using the private key “4”

The fools, that only stops East Asians.

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