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CombatWombat
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burgermeister
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#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Pretty sneaky, sys!(admin)

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞
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#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Oof. I hope the 4 thing dies out quicker than the 6 7 thing did. lol.

I'm upvoting them all today because it's still fresh, even though I'm already over it. But yeah, dunno about after today. lol.

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Ooops
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#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Do we get a new number of the day tomorrow after having worn out 4? 😆

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pipe01
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#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Oof. I hope the 4 thing dies out quicker than the 6 7 thing did. lol. I'm upvoting them all today because it's still fresh, even though I'm already over it. But yeah, dunno about after today. lol.

Ironically, I've seen four of these memes in a row in my feed

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c0wboy dani
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#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

what is this referring to? not in infosec at all lol

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Janx
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#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Ironically, "four" is a much better password than a single character.

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meat
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#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Ironically, "four" is a much better password than a single character.

Not hugely. A single word dictionary attack is still a very low bar.

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞
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#9 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Ironically, I've seen four of these memes in a row in my feed

I've seen at least six to seven or so. heh

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defrostedLasagna4921
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#10 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Oof. I hope the 4 thing dies out quicker than the 6 7 thing did. lol. I'm upvoting them all today because it's still fresh, even though I'm already over it. But yeah, dunno about after today. lol.

At least it has an actual meaning, unlike 67.

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nehal3m
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#11 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

what is this referring to? not in infosec at all lol

The headline is:
One of the private keys protecting part of the global HTTPS trust system was, according to a report from The Register published October 20, 2026, the number 4. Not a 384-bit cryptographic value. Just the digit 4.

More info here:
https://tech-insider.org/emudhra-ca-private-keys-compromised-number-4-2026/

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Alexstarfire
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#12 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

I've seen at least six to seven or so. heh

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Jolteon
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#13 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Not hugely. A single word dictionary attack is still a very low bar.

Hey, it'll at least save a few more microseconds.

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Successful_Try543
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#14 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

Do we get a new number of the day tomorrow after having worn out 4? 😆

The next one will be 6. As it's a perfect number there isn't any further improvement possible.

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞
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#15 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

I watched that around six or seven times ;-)

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diaphragmwp
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#16 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

"connect port;  this whole network is fucked man""connect fork into the fucking wall socket"

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diaphragmwp
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#17 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

The headline is: One of the private keys protecting part of the global HTTPS trust system was, according to a report from The Register published October 20, 2026, the number 4. Not a 384-bit cryptographic value. Just the digit 4. More info here: https://tech-insider.org/emudhra-ca-private-keys-compromised-number-4-2026/

To be precise, it was 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:04

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Ooops
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#18 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

The next one will be 6. As it's a perfect number there isn't any further improvement possible.

I'm voting for 2 as the oddest prime.

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captainlezbian
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#19 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

To be precise, it was 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:04

To be fair, that is a potential random value

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MelodiousFunk
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#20 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

::: spoiler NSFW

:::

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Anas
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#21 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

I miss connect 4 memes

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BradleyUffner
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#22 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

The way his fist is raised, and the way she is covering her eye, kind of make it look like he just punched her in the face.

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zqwzzle
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#23 Posted:   Subject: Re: Four is 6 7 for infosec Quote Reply

To be precise, it was 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:04

Wow someone actually took that xkcd comic seriously.

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